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Genus Platycryptus

Jumping Spider - Platycryptus undatus - female spider - Platycryptus undatus - female Salticid - Platycryptus californicus - male Platycryptus californicus - female Male Platycryptus undatus - Platycryptus undatus - male Jumping Spider - Platycryptus californicus Jumping Spider - Platycryptus undatus Platycryptus undatus - 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 Platycryptus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Numbers
3 species in BugGuide's range (North America north of Mexico)
Range
-Platycryptus arizonensis: AZ, CA, NM, UT(1)
-Platycryptus californicus: AZ, BC, CA, CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY(1)
-Platycryptus undatus: Nova Scotia, Ontario and most of the eastern half of the United States as far west as Minnesota, Nebraska and Texas(1)
Habitat
Found under bark in natural habitats. Often associated with human structures.(2)
See Also
Menemerus
Internet References
World Spider Catalogue
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.A review of described Metacyrba, the status of Parkella, and notes on Platycryptus and Balmaceda
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 12 April, 2004 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette Elliott, Jay Barnes, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Mandy Howe, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 6 February, 2023 - 1:04pm

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