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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Sarinda » Sarinda hentzi

Species Sarinda hentzi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
BG1219 C7159 - Sarinda hentzi - male Sarinda hentzi Jumping Spider - Sarinda hentzi Jumping Spider - Sarinda hentzi Ant Mimic Salticid - Sarinda hentzi Jumping Spider - ant mimic, possibly Sarinda sp. Male. - Sarinda hentzi - male Jumping Spider - ant mimic, possibly Sarinda sp. Male. - Sarinda hentzi - male Sarinda Hentzi ant mimic jumper - Sarinda hentzi - male
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
Species hentzi (Sarinda hentzi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Sarinda hentzi (Banks, 1913)
Size
5-7 mm
Identification
An orange-brown ant mimic. Characters (1) (2):
long, narrow carapace
cephalothorax deeply indented, giving the impression of a separate head and thorax
abdomen with prominent dorsal sclerite
cephalothorax and abdomen sometimes marked with white bands
front legs held up, mimicking antennae
female with front tarsus and tibia swollen, resembling those of a male to some extent

Epigynum
Range
Eastern United States: New England, south to Florida, west to Kansas, Texas(3)
See Also
Peckhamia--another ant mimic
Synemosyna--another ant mimic
Print References
Howell and Jenkins, p. 334, figs 214 A-B (1)
Kaston, p. 245, figs. 621, 622 (2)
Internet References
Video of Sarinda hentzi by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.
2.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
3.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.
Contributed by Jay Barnes on 14 August, 2007 - 1:03am
Additional contributions by cotinis, cheins, Dick Walton
Last updated 1 January, 2023 - 5:44pm

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