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  2. Jumping spider - Wikipedia

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    Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, [1] making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. [2] Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and ...

  3. Phaeacius - Wikipedia

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    Eye pattern of jumping spiders on "squared-off" cephalothorax. Jumping spiders have eight eyes, the two large ones in the centre-and-front position (the anterior-median eyes, also called "principal eyes" [6]: 51 ) providing acute vision and housed in tubes in the head. The other six are secondary eyes, positioned along the sides of the carapace ...

  4. Spider vision - Wikipedia

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    Basic arrangement of spider eyes, viewed from above. Most spiders have eight eyes, which tend to be arranged into two rows of four eyes on the head region. The eyes can be categorised by their location and are divided into the anterior median eyes (AME), anterior lateral eyes (ALE), posterior median eyes (PME), and posterior lateral eyes (PLE).

  5. Lyssomanes - Wikipedia

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    Lyssomanes is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders), ranging from South and Central America, up to the southern United States. [1]There have been described 94 extant and two fossil species [2] [3] from the Neotropical Region.

  6. Portia fimbriata - Wikipedia

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    "Squared-off" cephalothorax and eye pattern of jumping spiders. Although other spiders can also jump, salticids including Portia fimbriata have significantly better vision than other spiders, [12]: 521 [13] and their main eyes are more acute in daylight than a cat's and 10 times more acute than a dragonfly's. [4]

  7. Trite planiceps - Wikipedia

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    Like other jumping spiders, T. planiceps relies on their very acute eyesight for hunting. The anterior median eyes are the primary eyes used for capture of stationary prey while the anterior lateral eyes are the main eyes used in chasing Both sets of eyes can be coordinated to enable switching from one hunting type to the other. [6]

  8. Chalcoscirtus lepidus - Wikipedia

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    Chalcoscirtus lepidus is a small spider. [9] The male has a brown carapace that is typically 1.06 mm (0.04 in) long and 0.69 mm (0.03 in) wide. It has a pattern of black veins and has a sparse covering of light elongated scales. The eye field is dark brown with the area around the eyes is black. The spider's face, clypeus, is yellow-brown and ...

  9. Phidippus mystaceus - Wikipedia

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    Phidippus mystaceus is a species of jumping spider that is found in North America. Females grow to about 1 centimetre (0.39 in) in body length. Females grow to about 1 centimetre (0.39 in) in body length.