Species Marchena minuta

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

Marchena minuta male - Marchena minuta - male

M. minuta female - Marchena minuta - 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 Marchena

Species minuta (Marchena minuta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

(Peckham & Peckham, 1888)

Size

About 4 mm body length.

Identification

Epigynum:

Range

Western North America, including California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho and Nevada.

Habitat

Maddison describes this species as being found almost exclusively on conifers, but Tim Manolis has also found it on deciduous trees and shrubs in California (in litt.).

Print References

(1)

Works Cited

1.	Marchena and other jumping spiders with an apparent leg-carapace stridulatory mechanism Wayne Maddison. 1987. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7 (4), 101-106.

Contributed by Ken Schneider on 19 March, 2015 - 10:02pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 5:20pm

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