Langona is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Langona species are similar to those of the genus Aelurillus. In 2015, it was listed in the subtribe Aelurillina. The subtribe is allocated to the tribe Aelurillini in the clade Saltafresia. In 2017, it was grouped with nine other genera of jumping spiders under the name Aelurillines.
Species
As of May 2023, the genus contains 45 species: Langona albolinea Caleb & Mathai, 2015 – India Langona alfensis Heciak & Prószynski, 1983 – Sudan Langona aperta (Denis, 1958) – Afghanistan Langona atrata Peng & Li, 2008 – China Langona avara Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – Southern Africa Langona bethae Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 – Botswana, Zimbabwe Langona bhutanica Prószynski, 1978 – Bhutan, China Langona biangula Peng, Li & Yang, 2004 – China Langona bisecta Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia Langona bitumorata Próchniewicz & Heciak, 1994 – Tanzania Langona bristowei Berland & Millot, 1941 – West, Central Africa Langona davidi (Caleb, Mungkung & Mathai, 2015) – India Langona fusca Wesołowska, 2011 – Zimbabwe Langona goaensis Prószynski, 1992 – India Langona hirsuta Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa Langona hongkong Song et al., 1997 – Hong Kong Langona improcera Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania Langona kurracheensis Heciak & Prószynski, 1983 – India Langona lotzi Wesołowska, 2011 – Lesotho, South Africa Langona maculata Peng, Li & Yang, 2004 – China Langona magna Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa Langona maindroni (Simon, 1886) – Senegal Langona mallezi (Denis, 1947) – Egypt Langona manicata Simon, 1901 – South Africa Langona mediocris Wesołowska, 2000 – Zimbabwe Langona minima Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya Langona oreni Prószynski, 2000 – Israel Langona pallida Prószynski, 1993 – Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan Langona pallidula Logunov & Rakov, 1998 – Turkmenistan Langona pattayensis Żabka & Patoleta, 2020 – Thailand Langona pecten Próchniewicz & Heciak, 1994 – Kenya, Tanzania Langona pilosa Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia Langona recta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast Langona redii (Audouin, 1826) – Egypt, Israel, Syria Langona sabulosa Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia Langona senegalensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Senegal Langona simoni Heciak & Prószynski, 1983 – India Langona tartarica (Charitonov, 1946) – Central Asia, China Langona tigrina (Simon, 1885) – India Langona tortuosa Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe Langona trifoveolata (Lessert, 1927) – Congo basin Langona ukualuthensis Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia Langona vitiosa Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia Langona warchalowskii Wesołowska, 2007 – South Africa Langona zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 – Zimbabwe