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Phidippus clarus, also known as the brilliant jumping spider, is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) found in old fields throughout eastern North America. It often waits upside down near the top of a plant, which may be useful for detecting prey, and then quickly jumps down before the prey can escape.
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 – comprising 13% of spider species. [2]
Habronattus mexicanus is a species of jumping spider. [3] The species was named in honour of the country of Mexico. [4] The species was originally named Habrocestum mexicanum by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896 but was transferred by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge to Pellenes in 1901 and subsequently to Habronattus by Jerzy Prószyński in 1976.
Nigorella aethiopica is a species of jumping spider, a member of the family Salticidae, that was first described by the arachnologists Wanda Wesołowska and Beata Tomasiewicz in 2008. [1] It is one of over 500 species identified by Wesołowska. [2] They allocated is to the genus Nigorella, raised by Wesołowska and Tomasiewicz at the same time.
Myrmaplata plataleoides, also called the red weaver-ant mimicking jumper, is a jumping spider that mimics the Asian weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) in morphology and behaviour. [1] This species is found in India, Sri Lanka, China and many parts of Southeast Asia. [2]
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 ).
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Icius nigricaudus is a jumping spider that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Charles Haddad in 2009. [2] It was one of over 500 species identified by Wesołowska during her career, making her the most prolific of her time. [3] It is also known as the Blacktailed Icius Jumping Spider. [1]