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Species Attulus ammophilus

Sitticus ammophilus - Attulus ammophilus - male Sitticus, but which one? - Attulus ammophilus - female Sitticus, but which one? - Attulus ammophilus - female Utah Sitticus Dorsatus - Attulus ammophilus - female Utah Sitticus Dorsatus - Attulus ammophilus - female Tiny jumper - Attulus ammophilus itsy bitsy Salticid - Attulus ammophilus - female A. ammophilus eating a D. hydei fruit fly  - Attulus ammophilus - 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 Attulus
Species ammophilus (Attulus ammophilus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog. Formerly in the genus Sitticus.
Range
Native to extreme eastern Europe and west-central Asia. Introduced to North America, recorded from Ontario, Utah, and Pennsylvania.
Habitat
Sandy habitats with rocks (Wayne Maddison, pers. comm.).