Genus Habronattus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Spider al'Orange - Habronattus pyrrithrix

Habronattus americanus? - Habronattus americanus - male

H. c. maddisoni - Habronattus calcaratus - 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 Pelleninae

Genus Habronattus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Kaston notes that some consider Habronattus to belong to the genus Pellenes. (1)

Explanation of Names

From a Greek word for graceful/pretty plus an old genus name Attus. "Pretty Salticid." (2)

Numbers

Around 100 species.

Identification

Leg III longer than leg I. Males of this genus frequently have ornamental or color modifications of leg I and/or III. This is potentially used by the male during courtship. (1)

Range

Widespread (2)

Print References

A Revision of the Jumping Spider Genus Habronattus F.O.P.-Cambridge (Araneae; Salticidae), with Phenetic and Cladistic Analyses

By Charles E. Griswold

University of California Publications, Entomology Volume 107

Kaston, p. 242 (1)

Ubick, et. al. (2005), p. 212, & p. 297 (2)

Internet References

TOL

Salticidae.org: drawings and photos

California & Baja Habronattus

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Spiders By B. J. Kaston

2.	Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual By D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 September, 2004 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz
Last updated 1 May, 2006 - 8:44pm

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