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Species Salticus palpalis

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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 Salticus
Species palpalis (Salticus palpalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Author of the name: Banks. Year first published: 1904.
Size
Body length about 5mm
Identification
The cephalothorax is covered in iridescent scales; the abdomen is brick-red with four transverse pure white bands, the last of them at the spinnerets.(1)
Range
AZ, CA (1), and BugGuide records add NV (presumably other places in the southwest, as well?)
Internet References
Tree of Life images by Wayne Maddison: http://www.tolweb.org/Salticus_palpalis/5650
Spiders of Orange County by Peter Bryant: http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/spiders/Salticus.htm
Video of Salticus palpalis by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Attidae of North America
Peckham, G. W., and E. G. Peckham. 1909. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Vol. XVI, Part 1, No. 5: 355-646, plates XXIX-LI.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 24 February, 2009 - 9:28am
Additional contributions by cheins, Dick Walton, Mandy Howe
Last updated 1 January, 2023 - 5:32pm

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