| Pignus | |
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| female P. simoni | |
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| male P. simoni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Pignus Wesolowska, 2000[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. simoni (Peckham & Peckham, 1903)
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| Species | |
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Pignus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2000.[2]
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes three species:[1]
- Pignus lautissimum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
- Pignus pongola Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
- Pignus simoni (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa (type species)
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Pignus Wesołowska, 2000". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ^ Wesolowska, W. (2000). "New and little known species of jumping spiders from Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae)". Arnoldia Zimbabwe. 10: 145–174.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Pignus at iNaturalist
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