Jumping spiders
Jumping spiders contain over 5,000 species making Salticidae the largest of the spider families. They are widely distributed over the planet and can even be found up mount Everest. The jumping spiders are aptly named as they can spring more than 50 times their own body length to land on unsuspecting prey. They hunt actively rather than catching prey in a web and they have excellent vision, with four big eyes in front and four smaller eyes on the top of their head.
Genus
Euophrys
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About
The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have good vision and use it for hunting and navigating. They are capable of jumping from place to place, secured by a silk tether. Both their book lungs and the tracheal system are well-developed, as they depend on both systems (bimodal breathing).
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Scientific Classification
Phylum: Arthropod (Arthropoda)
Family: Jumping spider (Salticidae)
Other Araneae
- Crab spiders (Thomisidae)
- Liphistiidae (genus: Trapdoor spiders)
- Money spiders (Linyphiidae)
Elsewhere on the web
- Portia fimbriata (animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu)
- Jumping Spiders of the World (salticidae.org)
- Worldwide database of jumping spiders (jumping-spiders.com)
- Jumping spiders on the Tree of Life (tolweb.org)
- Jumping spider (wikipedia.org)
Site links
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