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

Species Metaphidippus chera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Metaphidippus
Species chera (Metaphidippus chera)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Size
3.4-5.0 mm (1)
Identification
Male

Palp

Female

Epigynum
Range
"Texas west to California, Nevada south to Baja California del Sur and San Luis Potosi (1)".
Remarks
Maddison describes this species as "one of the most common salticids in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (1)".
Internet References
Video of Metaphidippus chera by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae)
Maddison, W. P. 1996. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154(4): 215-368.
Contributed by Jay Barnes on 18 January, 2009 - 4:11pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Dick Walton, kschnei
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 10:15pm

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