Maevia inclemens

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Maevia inclemens

male Maevia inclemens

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Maevia
Species:	M. inclemens

Binomial name

Maevia inclemens
(Walckenaer, 1837)

Synonyms

Attus inclemens
Attus ictericus
Attus protervus
Attus aspergatus
Attus vittatus
Attus niger
Maevia pennicillata
Maevia annulipes
Plexippus undatus
Astia vittata
Attus petulans
Maevia vittata

Maevia inclemens is a relatively common and colorful jumping spider of North America. Sometimes it is referred to as the Dimorphic Jumping Spider or Blackbodien Jumping Spider^[1].

1 Description
2 Distribution
3 Name
4 Footnotes
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links

[edit] Description

Females reach a body length of 7 to 10 mm, males 5 to 7 mm. The species' common name refers to the two different male forms that occur: One is black with yellowish small tufts of black hair on the cephalothorax. The second form, which is grayish with red, white and black markings, resembles the female, which has faint V-shaped markings and a paler abdomen.^[2]

[edit] Distribution

This species is common in the USA. It ranges from New England south to Georgia and west to Nebraska and Oklahoma^[2]. It is also found in parts of Canada^[3], for example in southern Quebec^[4].

[edit] Name

M. inclemens is the type species for the genus Maevia. The species name is derived from Latin inclemens "cruel, harsh".

[edit] Footnotes

^ Illinois State Museum
^ ^a ^b Bugguide.net
^ Platnick 2008
^ Paquin & Dupérré 2003

[edit] References

Maddison, Wayne (1995): Maevia. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). in The Tree of Life Web Project
Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003): Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries Suppl. 11: 1-251.
Bugguide.net (2005): Maevia inclemens
Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.