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Species Colonus sylvanus

Salticid - Colonus sylvanus - male Jumping Spider - Colonus sylvanus - male Jumper - Colonus sylvanus Thiodina puerpera - Colonus sylvanus - female Spider - Colonus sylvanus Female Colonus sylvanus ? - Colonus sylvanus Jumping spider – Colonus sylvanus? - Colonus sylvanus - female Colonus sylvanus - 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 Colonus
Species sylvanus (Colonus sylvanus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly Thiodina sylvana.
Explanation of Names
The name sylvana suggests association with woodlands(1)
Size
Body length about 7.5mm or less.
Identification
Epigynum:


Palp:


Range
Eastern half of the United States.(1)
Habitat
Usually associated with trees and is presumably arboreal.(1)
Season
Egg sacs made in late spring or summer.(1)
See Also
Colonus puerperus males look superficially the same as the males of this species but can be separated in the field by the type of white patch in the middle of the carapace. The white patch on Colonus sylvanus is circular or squared. In contrast, C. puerperus has a longitudinal white stripe that reaches almost to the posterior edge of the carapace.
Print References
Richman, D.B. and R.S. Vetter. 2004. A review of the spider genus Thiodina (Araneae, Salticidae) in the United States. J. Arach. 32(3):418-431. A download is available on the AAS website.
Works Cited
1.A review of the spider genus Thiodina (Araneae, Salticidae) in the United States
David B. Richman & Richard S. Vetter. 2004. The Journal of Arachnology 32: 418-431.