Genus Zygoballus

Classification · Numbers · Habitat · Season · Internet References

Salticid - Zygoballus sexpunctatus - male

Hammerjawed spider - Zygoballus rufipes - 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 Zygoballus

Numbers

Three species are known from North America. All three are represented on BugGuide.

Habitat

All Zygoballus specimens collected by the author (jb) have been found in short, broad-leaved vegetation less than 1ft. from the ground. Z. rufipes and nervosus are often sympatric, and have been taken from clearings within mature woods. I only know Z. sexpunctatus from old field, but other BugGuide records (Gloster Arboretum) imply similar wooded habitat for that species as well.

Season

Adult males not common until late summer; longer-lived adult females can probably be found all year.

Internet References

Tree of Life

Contributed by tom murray on 26 November, 2005 - 10:27pm
Additional contributions by Jay Barnes
Last updated 2 September, 2007 - 2:14am

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