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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Messua » Messua limbata

Species Messua limbata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References
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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 Messua
Species limbata (Messua limbata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog
Explanation of Names
Messua limbata (Banks 1898)
Size
♂ 5 mm, ♀ 5mm. (Peckham & Peckham 1909)
Range
CA‒AZ, TX; Mexico
Print References
Maddison W.P. (1996) Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 154: 215‒368.
Peckham G.W., Peckham E.G. (1909) Revision of the Attidae of North America. Trans. Wisc. Acad. Sci., Arts & Letters 16: 355‒646. Full text
Contributed by Harsi S. Parker on 19 July, 2010 - 2:12pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Mike Quinn, Dick Walton, v belov
Last updated 7 September, 2023 - 8:06pm

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