Biology:Hypositticus pubescens
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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 |
| Genus: | Hypositticus |
| Species: | H. pubescens
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| Hypositticus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
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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 (3⁄16 in), males being slightly shorter at around 4 mm (5⁄32 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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roberts, Michael J. (1995). Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-219981-0.
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