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Species Hentzia mitrata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Adult Male Hentzia mitrata - Hentzia mitrata - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)

Subfamily Dendryphantinae

Genus Hentzia

Species mitrata (Hentzia mitrata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Here

Explanation of Names

mitrata - "Latin for head dress and refers to this species coppery crown of hairs" (Larry Weber) above eyes.

Size

female 2.9 - 4.5 mm

male 3.5 - 4.1 mm (1)

Identification

Males light brown with coopery crown of hairs, white mark on back of carapace and white along edges of body and legs

Range

Staewide in FL

See Also

Hentzia palmarum is generally darker and larger.

Print References

Spiders of the North Woods by Larry Weber 2003

ISBN 0-9673793-4-2

Spiders Of Connecticut by Benjamin Julian Kaston

State Geological And Natural History Survey Of Connecticut

Department Of Environmental Protection

1981 Bulletin 70 Revised Edition

Jumping Spiders In The Cincinnati Region Of Ohio by Charles M. Oehler

Ohio Biological Survey - Biological Notes No. 13 1980

Published by the College Of Biological Sciences - The Ohio State University

Internet References

Female

Male

mitrata

mitrata (Edwards)

Works Cited

1.	Florida's Fabulous Spiders By Sam Marshall, G. B. Edwards

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 22 November, 2005 - 7:30am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Jeff Hollenbeck
Last updated 1 August, 2006 - 6:50am

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