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Genus Admestina

Salticidae - Admestina Admestina? - Admestina Admestina juvenile - Admestina Jumping Spider - Admestina - female Unknown Long Jumping Spider - Admestina Unknown Long Jumping Spider - Admestina Thick-legged Jumping Spider - Admestina wheeleri - male 10/25/2023 spider - Admestina
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Genus Admestina
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
It is difficult to differentiate the 3 species of Admestina without looking at the genitalia. Usually though a guess can be made based on the location.
• A. wheeleri is found the furthest north: New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Canada.
• A. archboldi is found the furthest south: Florida, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana.
• A. tibialis is found in between: Connecticut to Florida.
The genitalia of A. wheeleri and A. archboldi are extremely similar, while A. tibialis has an enlarged embolus in the male and corresponding large epigynal openings in the female.
Print References
Piel, W. H. 1992. The Nearctic jumping spiders of the genus Admestina (Araneae: Salticidae). Psyche, Camb. 98: 265-282.
Contributed by Jay Barnes on 10 February, 2008 - 1:30am
Additional contributions by cheins, dragonfly12
Last updated 28 November, 2022 - 11:10am

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