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Species Metaphidippus chera

Metaphidippus chera female from grapes - Metaphidippus chera - female

M. chera male - Metaphidippus chera - male

M. chera female - Metaphidippus chera - female

Metaphidippus Chera - Metaphidippus chera

Salticidae; Metaphidippus chera? - Metaphidippus chera - 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 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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