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

Species Leptofreya ambigua

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet 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 Leptofreya
Species ambigua (Leptofreya ambigua)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Leptofreya ambigua (C. L. Koch, 1846)
Size
Body length 5-8 mm (1)
Identification
Male

Female

Juvenile
Range
Introduced to southernmost parts of Texas (Hidalgo & Cameron Co.)(2) and Florida. (Native range is northern South America from Colombia to French Guiana and northern Brazil.)(1)
Habitat
Includes open patches of vegetation (herbaceous plants, small bushes, tree saplings) in woodland and along trails, as well as vegetation along bodies of water.(1)
Internet References
Video of Leptofreya ambigua by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Freya ambigua (Araneae: Salticidae) introduced to the continental United States, with new synonyms
G. B. Edwards & Gustavo R. S. Ruiz. 2013. The Journal of Arachnology 41(1):11–17.
2.Catalogue of Texas spiders
Allen Dean. 2016. ZooKeys 570: 1-703.
Contributed by Lyn Atherton on 12 April, 2013 - 7:26pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Mike Quinn, Dick Walton, Mandy Howe
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 11:43am

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