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Genus Sarinda

Synagelinae - Sarinda salt - Sarinda Sarinda hentzi GA - Sarinda hentzi - female Sarinda hentzi Which ant mimic jumper is this? - Sarinda hentzi Spider ID - Sarinda hentzi Sarinda Hentzi ant mimic jumper - Sarinda hentzi - male Sarinda Hentzi ant mimic jumper - Female - Sarinda hentzi - 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 Sarinda
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Sarinda Peckham and Peckham, 1892
Numbers
Kaston notes two North American species (1)
Identification
Ant mimics. Some characters of genus (1):
long, narrow carapace
cephalothorax deeply indented, giving the impression of a separate head and thorax
female with front tarsus and tibia swollen, resembling those of a male to some extent
Range
S. culteri is known from Arizona and California (Mexico).(2)
S. hentzi is more widespread but its distribution is poorly known. (2)
See Also
Peckhamia--another ant mimic
Synemosyna--another ant mimic
Print References
Howell and Jenkins, p. 334, figs 214 A-B--Sarinda hentzi (3)
Kaston, p. 245, figs. 621, 622--Sarinda hentzi (1)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
2.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.
3.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.
Contributed by Jay Barnes on 14 August, 2007 - 1:01am
Additional contributions by cotinis, cheins, Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 January, 2023 - 5:42pm

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