Hispo is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Species of Hispo range in body length from 5 to 7 mm in females, and 3 to 4 in males.
Distribution Most species are found in Madagascar, with others found in Africa and the Seychelles. These parts were mostly connected during the time of Gondwana, or lie close.
Species , this genus includes nine species:
Hispo alboclypea Wanless, 1981 – Seychelles Hispo cingulata Simon, 1886 – Madagascar (type species) Hispo frenata (Simon, 1900) – Madagascar Hispo georgius (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892) – DR Congo, Kenya, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar Hispo macfarlanei Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar Hispo pullata Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar Hispo striolata Simon, 1898 – Seychelles Hispo sulcata Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar Hispo tenuis Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
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