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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
Spider - Hentzia mitrata - male Jumping Spider (Female or Male?) - Hentzia mitrata - male Small Jumping Spider - Hentzia mitrata Hentzia palmarum or mitrata? - Hentzia mitrata jumping spider - Hentzia mitrata Salticidae - Hentzia mitrata - female Salticidae - Hentzia mitrata - female 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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