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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Menemerus » Gray Wall Jumper (Menemerus bivittatus)

Species Menemerus bivittatus - Gray Wall Jumper

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Grey Jumper - Menemerus bivittatus Friendly neighborhood spider - Menemerus bivittatus small Jumping Spider - Menemerus bivittatus Menemerus bivittatus - male Spider - Menemerus bivittatus Salticid - Menemerus bivittatus large salticid - Menemerus bivittatus - male Gray Wall Jumper - Menemerus bivittatus - 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 Menemerus
Species bivittatus (Gray Wall Jumper)
Other Common Names
Gray Wall Jumper
Pronunciation
men-eh-MAIR-us by-vih-TAY-us
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Author of name: Léon Jean Marie Dufour. First year published: 1831, as Salticus bivittatus.
Size
Body length of adult females approx. 7-10mm; of adult males approx. 5-9mm.
Identification
Female & Male together
Range
A pantropical species whose North American range is North Carolina south to Florida and west across the southern states to California. (Collections localities also include records for West Virginia and Minnesota, however those were not established populations.)
Habitat
In the U.S., most commonly found on the exterior walls of buildings during the day.
Season
All year round, though more noticeable in spring and summer.
Life Cycle
Lens-shaped egg sac with approx. 25-40 eggs inside.
Remarks
Non-native, likely introduced from the Old World tropics.
See Also
Platycryptus
Print References
-Barnes, R. D., 1958. North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1867: 1-50.(1)
-Kaston, B. J., 1978. How to Know the Spiders. WCB/McGraw-Hill. 1-272. (2)
Internet References
U. of Florida by GB Edwards
Tree of Life
Wikipedia
Video of Menemerus bivittatus by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae)
R.D. Barnes. 1958. American Museum novitates no. 1867, 50 pp.
2.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 7 August, 2005 - 12:41am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Dick Walton, kschnei, v belov, Mandy Howe
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 6:05pm

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