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Species Platycryptus undatus

Friendly Little Jumper - Platycryptus undatus

Tan Jumping Spider - Platycryptus undatus - female

Unknown Jumping Spider - Platycryptus undatus

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

Species undatus (Platycryptus undatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

(De Geer, 1778)

Identification

Male

Palp

Female

Epigynum

Range

Nova Scotia, Ontario and most of the eastern half of the United States as far west as Minnesota, Nebraska and Texas (Barnes 1958)

Print References

Barnes R.D. 1958; North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae; American Museum Novitates, New York 1867: 1-50.

Edwards G.B. 2005b; A review of described Metacyrba, the status of Parkella, and notes on Platycryptus and Balmaceda, with comparison of the genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Marpissinae); Insecta Mundi, 19(4): 193-226

Internet References

Video of Platycryptus undatus by D. Walton

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 12 April, 2004 - 7:11pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Jay Barnes, cheins, Dick Walton
Last updated 30 December, 2022 - 11:50am

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