Biology:Attulus caricis
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Short description: Species of spider
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Attulus |
| Species: | A. caricis
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| Binomial name | |
| Attulus caricis (Westring, 1861)[1]
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Attulus caricis is a species of spider in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It has a Palearctic distribution,[1] including Britain.[2] Until 2017, it was placed in the genus Sitticus.[1]
Description
Both males and females have a body length of around 3–4 mm (1⁄8–3⁄16 in), males having smaller abdomens. Like other species in the genus, the basic body colour is dull brown or dark grey. Markings vary, with some specimens having orange and white hairs.[3]
Distribution
Attulus caricis is found in Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Russia , Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Taxon details Calositticus caricis (Westring, 1861)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/32717. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ↑ "Summary for Sitticus caricis". British Arachnological Society. http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/summary/s/Sitticus%20caricis. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ↑ Roberts, M.J. (1995). Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-219981-0.
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