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

Species Hentzia palmarum

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Spider BG574 - Hentzia palmarum - male Spider - Hentzia palmarum Hentzia palmarum Jumping Spider - Hentzia palmarum - female Common Hentz Jumper (Hentzia palm arum) - Hentzia palmarum Jumping Spider - Hentzia palmarum Salticid - Hentzia palmarum - female male Hentzia palmarum? - Hentzia palmarum
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 Hentzia
Species palmarum (Hentzia palmarum)
Other Common Names
Common Hentz Jumper
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Latin: "of palms"
Size
Females: 4.7 - 6.1 mm
Males: 4.0 - 5.3 mm (1)
Identification
Males are dark brown with white along edges of the body, legs and jaws. Central white mark is only on back half of carapace. The front pair of legs is much larger than others.


Females are hairier, paler in color, and often marked with forward pointing triangles along the center of her abdomen:

Range
Florida north to New Brunswick. West to Manitoba and south to Texas and Mexico. (2)
See Also
Hentzia grenada has a central white mark from front to back of carapace.
Internet References
Video of Hentzia palmarum by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Florida's Fabulous Spiders
Sam Marshall, G. B. Edwards. 2002. World Publications.
2.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 September, 2004 - 8:50pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Lynette Elliott, cheins, anitagould, Chuck Entz, Dick Walton
Last updated 19 December, 2022 - 12:03pm

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