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Genus Maevia

Representative Images

Salticid - Maevia inclemens - male Jumping Spider - Maevia inclemens - female Brown Tiny Spider - Maevia inclemens Is this Maevia inclemens? Female? - Maevia inclemens Jumping Spider - Maevia inclemens ID - Maevia inclemens dimorphic jumper - Maevia inclemens - female Salticidae? - Maevia inclemens

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 Maevia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Maevia C. L. Koch, 1846

Numbers

There are 3 species in North America that have been formally described but there are a couple on BugGuide that are awaiting formal description.

Identification

The most common member of this genus in BugGuide's range is M. inclemens which has a light morph and dark morph in the males (Its common name is Dimorphic Jumper).


Identification of the other two described North American species (M. expansa and M. intermedia) should be made with caution.

The two undescribed species have males with yellow on the anterior of the carapace. In the Guide, they are assigned to "Species a" and "Species b" based on their distribution. Much is unknown about these species at this time. (Dec 2022)

Range

Indonesia, Peru, and North America.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, pfeiffer
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 12:25pm

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