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

Species Marpissa obtusa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Marpissa
Species obtusa (Marpissa obtusa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.

First described in 1958 by Robert D. Barnes as Marpissa obtusa
Identification
Palp:

Epigynum:
Range
This species is only known from Texas. (1)
Print References
North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae) by R.D. Barnes. American Museum Novitates no. 1867, 50 pp., 1958. (2)
Works Cited
1.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.
2.North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae)
R.D. Barnes. 1958. American Museum novitates no. 1867, 50 pp.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 26 August, 2010 - 3:18pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Chuck Entz
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 5:50pm

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