Habronattus decorus
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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: | Habronattus |
| Species: | H. decorus
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| Habronattus decorus (Blackwall, 1846)
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Habronattus decorus is a species of jumping spider. It is found in the United States and Canada.[2][3][1][4] Males have a reddish patch covering most of the upper surface of their abdomens.
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was first described by the English naturalist John Blackwall in 1846 as Salticus decorus. Blackwall described only the male.[1][5] In 1883, George and Elizabeth Peckham described both sexes as a new species, Attus splendens.[1][6] They later transferred their species to the genus Pellenes.[1] In 1944, Arthur M. Chickering recognized that the Peckham's Attus splendens was the same species as Blackwall's Salticus decorus, synonymizing them, along with some other species names, as Habronattus decorus.[1][7]
Description
[edit]The male has a body length of about 5 mm (0.2 in), with the cephalothorax making up slightly more than half of this length. The black to brownish carapace is overlaid with irregular lines of gray to white scales. Specimens from peninsular Florida often have iridescent scales in the ocular area. Most of the upper surface of the abdomen is occupied by a dark reddish patch covered by iridescent rose to bluish scales. Individuals vary considerably in coloration. The female is larger, with a body length of about 6.5 mm (0.3 in). The carapace has fewer white hairs. The red pigment and iridescent rose scales of the male abdomen are absent, being replaced by a number of dark brown stripes, with two wider ones surrounding a central yellowish area.[7][8]
Distribution
[edit]Habronattus decorus is found across the northern United States and southern Canada. Further south, its range is restricted to the eastern side of the United States, from Texas to Florida. It is not known to occur in the area from California to western Texas.[8][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Habronattus decorus". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Habronattus decorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ a b "Habronattus decorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Habronattus decorus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Blackwall, John (January 1846). "VII. Notice of spiders captured by Professor Potter in Canada, with descriptions of such species as appear to be new to science" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 17 (109): 30–44. doi:10.1080/037454809496437.
- ^ Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1883). Descriptions of new or little known spiders of the family Attidae from various parts of the United States of North America. Milwaukee. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.136491.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Chickering, A. M. (1944). "The Salticidae of Michigan". Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. 29: 139–222 – via World Spider Catalog.
- ^ a b Griswold, Charles E. (1987). "A revision of the jumping spider genus Habronattus F. O. P.-Cambridge (Araneae; Salticidae), with Phenetic and Cladistic Analyses". University of California Publications in Entomology. 107: 1–344.
External links
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