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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 ...
Phidippus audax are commonly referred to as "bold jumping spiders" or "bold jumpers". [8] The species name, audax, is a Latin adjective meaning "audacious" or "bold". [8] This name was first used to describe the species by French arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, who described the spider as being, "very bold, often jumping on the hand which threatens it". [9]
Phidippus regius, commonly known as the regal jumper, [2] is a species of jumping spider found in parts of the United States and the Caribbean. [1] It is the largest species of jumping spider in eastern North America.
The spider is large. The female has a round brown cephalothorax that is typically 2.9 mm (0.11 in) long and 2.2 mm (0.087 in) wide. It has a large light brown oval carapace that is covered in brown hairs and has a large white patch the stretches from the fovea to the back of the carapace and light streaks on its sides.
Phidippus johnsoni, the red-backed jumping spider or Johnson jumping spider, is one of the largest and most commonly encountered jumping spiders of western North America. It is not to be confused with the unrelated and highly venomous redback spider ( Latrodectus hasselti ).
Langona fusca is a species of jumping spider in the genus Langona that lives in Zimbabwe. It was first described in 2011 by Wanda WesoĊowska, one of over 500 that she has detailed. The spider is large, measuring 10 mm (0.39 in) in total length. Only the female has been identified. It has the toothless chelicerae typical of the genus.
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The purple-gold jumping spider typically measures 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in). [5] It is sexually dimorphic; most females of the species are of an almost solid gold pigmentation (though some may exhibit a muted brown pattern resembling that of a male), while males are known for their dazzling purple-pink and gold patterned reflective trichobothria.