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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes  » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Thiodininae » Thiodina » Thiodina hespera

Species Thiodina hespera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Works Cited
jumper 2000' - Thiodina hespera - male Do I know you? Thiodina hespera, right? - Thiodina hespera jumping spider - Thiodina hespera - male Some type of jumping spider - Thiodina hespera Some type of jumping spider - Thiodina hespera Probable T. hespera - dorsal - Thiodina hespera - male Probable T. hespera - lateral - Thiodina hespera - male Likely T. hespera - side - Thiodina hespera - female
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 Thiodininae
Genus Thiodina
Species hespera (Thiodina hespera)
Explanation of Names
hespera = western
Size
Body length 7mm or less.
Identification
Unlike the other two species, Thiodina hespera does not have the two longitudinal white stripes on the abdomen. Instead, the abdomen is yellowish with scattered black setae and numerous black dots.(1)
Range
Southwestern United States, all the way to the west coast.(1)
Habitat
This species is often associated with trees and is presumably arboreal.(1)
Season
Mature specimens have been collected throughout the year with a peak abundance in May.(1)
Print References
Richman, D.B. and R.S. Vetter. 2004. A review of the spider genus Thiodina (Araneae, Salticidae) in the United States. J. Arach. 32(3):418-431 [download available here]
Works Cited
1.A review of the spider genus Thiodina (Araneae, Salticidae) in the United States
By David B. Richman & Richard S. Vetter
Contributed by Jay Barnes on 28 September, 2006 - 1:08am
Additional contributions by Mandy Howe
Last updated 20 May, 2011 - 3:39am

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