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

Genus Salticus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Zebra Spider for March - Salticus scenicus - male Small Jumping Spider - top view - Salticus scenicus Jumping Spider - Indoors - Salticus scenicus - female zebra jumper - Salticus scenicus - female S. palpalis - Salticus palpalis Jumping spider? - Salticus scenicus Mysterious jumper - Salticus Salticus scenicus
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Salticus Latreille, 1804
Latin meaning: 'dancing' or 'to dance'
Numbers
There are 5 species in BugGuide's range.
Range
Salticus austinensis: TX & Mexico (1)
Salticus falcarius: AL (this is a questionable species; was only described once by Hentz 1846 and the only collection locality was Alabama)
Salticus palpalis: AZ, CA (1), & BugGuide records add NV.
Salticus peckhamae: CA, NM, TX, & UT... presumably the whole southwest then(?) (the TX locality is from a verified BugGuide record, all others from (1))
Salticus scenicus: throughout southern Canada and the entire United States, though doesn't appear to be common in the south.
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 Troy Bartlett on 12 April, 2004 - 6:10pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Mandy Howe
Last updated 1 January, 2023 - 5:27pm

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