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Species Zygoballus rufipes - Hammerjawed Jumper

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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 Zygoballus
Species rufipes (Hammerjawed Jumper)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
Palp

Epigynum (ventral/dorsal)
Range
Massachusetts west to Minnesota and south to Florida and Texas as well as Arizona (1)
Habitat
Often found on low-growing broadleaf plants in open wooded areas. (jb)
Life Cycle
Egg sacs typically contain around 25 eggs.

Sexually dimorphism occurs very early.
Print References
Spiders of Connecticut (jb)
Internet References
Video of Zygoballus rufipes by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.
Contributed by tom murray on 11 December, 2005 - 7:15am
Additional contributions by Jay Barnes, cheins, Dick Walton
Last updated 2 January, 2023 - 6:41am

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