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Species Habronattus pugillis

Habronattus pugillis - male Habronattus pugillis - male Habronattus pugillis - male Habronattus pugillis - male brown jumper - Habronattus pugillis Habronattus pugillis? - Habronattus pugillis Habronattus pugillis? - Habronattus pugillis
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 Habronattus
No Taxon (pugillis group)
Species pugillis (Habronattus pugillis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Griswold, 1987

pugillis from the Latin "pugillus" (a fist), "pugnare" (to fight)- probably in reference to boxing glove-like pedipalps and displays of males.
Identification
Male
Range
Arizona south into Mexico. (1)
Print References
Maddison W, McMahon M, 2000. Divergence and reticulation among
montane populations of a jumping spider (Habronattus pugillis
Griswold). Syst Biol 49:400–421.

Masta SE, 2000. Phylogeography of the jumping spider Habronattus
pugillis (Araneae: Salticidae): recent vicariance of sky island populations?
Evolution 54:1699–1711.

Hebets EA, Maddison WP. 2005. Xenophilic mating preferences
among populations of the jumping spider Habronattus pugillis Griswold.
Behav Ecol. 16:981–988.

Mason. 2006. Regional seismic song differences in sky island
populations of the jumping spider Habronattus pugillis Griswold
(Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 34:545–556.
Works Cited
1.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.