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Species Zygoballus sexpunctatus

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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 Zygoballus
Species sexpunctatus (Zygoballus sexpunctatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Identification
Palp

Epigynum


Both males and females typically have a thin band of white scales along the lower edge of the carapace on the sides, unlike Z. rufipes. Males have a black carapace and a spot of white scales at beginning of thoracic slope (where the top of the carapace begins to slope down to the abdomen), although it is sometimes rubbed off. Males have darker legs than Z. rufipes. Females have almost uniformly brown or honey-colored legs with few scales, while females of Z. rufipes and Z. nervosus have more annulated legs with more scale coverage.
Range
This species is mostly found in the Southeastern states. Its range extends west to Texas and Oklahoma, north to New York and Massachusetts, and south to Florida.
Habitat
Usually found in grass and shrubs.