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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Maevia » Dimorphic Jumper (Maevia inclemens)

Species Maevia inclemens - Dimorphic Jumper

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Jumping Spider - Maevia inclemens Tiny Jumper - Maevia inclemens Salticid 3 - Maevia inclemens Jumping Spider? - Maevia inclemens - female Small jumper - Maevia inclemens Maevia inclemens Dimorphic Jumper - Maevia inclemens - male Maevia inclemens - 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
Species inclemens (Dimorphic Jumper)
Other Common Names
Dimorphic Jumping Spider
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
(Walckenaer, 1837)
Size
Male 5-7mm long
Female 7-10mm long
Identification
Male has two forms: the first has a black body, pale yellowish legs and three small tufts of black hair on the cephalothorax (fig. 1); the second form has a grayish body with red, white, and black markings (fig. 2). The female resembles the second form with faint V-shaped markings and a paler abdomen.

(Fig. 1) (Fig. 2)

Palp:

Epigynum:
Range
New England west to Manitoba and south to Texas and Florida. (1)
Print References
Milne, p. 911 (2)
Internet References
Video of Maevia inclemens by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.
2.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
Lorus and Margery Milne. 1980. Knopf.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette Elliott, Chris Wirth, cheins, Dick Walton, dragonfly12, kschnei, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 1 May, 2023 - 1:56pm

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