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

Species Synageles occidentalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Habitus, dorsal view - Synageles occidentalis - female Dorsal view - Synageles occidentalis - female Synageles occidentalis--Voucher image - Synageles occidentalis - female Synageles occidentalis--voucher image - Synageles occidentalis - male Ant mimic? - Synageles occidentalis - female Ant mimic? - Synageles occidentalis - female
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 Synageles
Species occidentalis (Synageles occidentalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Adjective from Latin meaning western, referring to distribution of species in western North America.
Size
Male holotype total length: 2.7 mm; female paratype 3.1 mm.
Identification
Palp

Epigynum


Cutler writes that species often confused with S. noxiosus, but genitalia is very different: Cutler, 1988a
Range
New Brunswick west to British Columbia and south to Illinois, Nebraska, Colorado and California(1)
Habitat
Associated with several ant species, most commonly Lasius and Crematogaster.
Season
Adults collected in most months except January and February, but most commonly May through July (Cutler, 1988a).
Works Cited
1.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.
Contributed by Kevin Pfeiffer on 2 July, 2011 - 5:41pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 1 January, 2023 - 7:15pm

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