Biology:Hypositticus pubescens

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Hypositticus pubescens
Sitticus pubescens.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Hypositticus
Species:
H. pubescens
Binomial name
Hypositticus pubescens
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sitticus pubescens
  • Sittipub pubescens

Hypositticus pubescens is a species of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). Until 2017, it was known as Sitticus pubescens.[1]

Description

Females have a body length of up to about 5 mm (316 in), males being slightly shorter at around 4 mm (532 in), with a smaller abdomen. Both are darkish in colour with variable white markings. Identification is based on the precise structure of the female epigyne and the male palpal bulb.[2]

Distribution and habitat

H. pubescens is native to Europe (including England and Wales[2]), and from North Africa through to Turkey and Afghanistan. It has been introduced to the United States.[1] The species is often associated with people, being found on walls and fences and sometimes inside houses. Away from dwellings, it is also found under stones and on tree trunks.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Taxon details Hypositticus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/32766, retrieved 2018-09-30 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roberts, Michael J. (1995). Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-219981-0. 

External links

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