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Jumping Spiders
Salticidae
The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains over 600 described genera and more than 5800 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats or crossing long...
22 branches of this family, most-observed first
Typical Jumping Spiders
subfamilySalticinae
Primitive Jumping Spiders
subfamilyLyssomaninae
Spiny-legged Jumpers
subfamilySpartaeinae
Asemoneinae
subfamilyAsemoneinae
Hisponinae
subfamilyHisponinae
Onomastinae
subfamilyOnomastinae
Lokina
genusLokina
Eupoinae
subfamilyEupoinae
Arachnotermes
genusArachnotermes
Ceglusa
genusCeglusa
Clynotoides
genusClynotoides
Dolichoneon
genusDolichoneon
Stenodeza
genusStenodeza
Vatovia
genusVatovia
Ragatinus
genusRagatinus
Ancepitilobus
genusAncepitilobus
Capeyorkia
genusCapeyorkia
Kakameganula
genusKakameganula
Megaeupoa
genusMegaeupoa
Vallvonas
genusVallvonas
Lictor
genusLictor
Pancorius sebastiani
speciesPancorius sebastiani
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48139.