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Marpissa pikei is a species of jumping spider that is found in the eastern United States, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Cuba. Description.
Colonus puerperus is a species of jumping spider commonly found in the eastern United States. Its range stretches along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, and north to Kansas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. [2] It is usually found in grassy areas during the warmer months of the year. [3]
[28] [29] When a jumping spider moves from place to place, and especially just before it jumps, it tethers a filament of silk (or 'dragline') to whatever it is standing on. [3] [5] This dragline provides a mechanical aid to jumping, including braking and stabilization [28] [30] and if the jump should fail, the spider climbs back up the dragline ...
Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders) Classification within the spiders (Araneae) A. pterygodes is part of the order Araneae family Salticidae, and the genus Ascyltus. Ascyltus pterygodes is the type species of its genus, being the first one described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch.
Hyllus giganteus, commonly referred to as the giant jumping spider, is a jumping spider native from Sumatra to Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is best known for being the largest jumping spider species known to science, ranging from 1.8–2.5 centimetres (0.71–0.98 in) in length. [ 3 ]
Havaika is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genera Habronattus and Pellenes are closely related. All then known species were split from the genus Sandalodes. All twelve species occur on the islands of the Hawaiian and Marquesas chains. Recent molecular studies suggest that the species from the two chains are the ...
Marpissa muscosa is a species of jumping spider. Marpissa muscosa, female. On average, females have body length ranging from 7.5–14mm, whereas males have a body length ranging from 6–8.1mm. [1] Both sexes are coloured grey to brown. The whole spider has a furry appearance and is flattened in shape.
Attulus distinguendus, also called the distinguished jumper spider, [2] is a species of spider in the family Salticidae, the jumping spiders. Until 2017, it was placed in the genus Sitticus . It inhabits central and western Europe, the Palaearctic region, and eastern Asia.