Philaeus chrysops

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Philaeus chrysops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Genus: Philaeus Species: P. chrysops
Binomial name
Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761)
Synonyms
Aranea chrysops Aranea sloanii Aranea catesbaei Aranea sanguinolenta Attus sanguinolentus Salticus sloanii Salticus catesbaei Attus bilineatus Attus sloani Salticus sanguinolentus Callietherea sanguinolenta Philia haemorrhoica Philia sanguinolenta Dendryphantes dorsatus Dendryphantes xanthomelas Dendryphantes leucomelas Salticus erythrogaster Salticus cirtanus Attus xanthomelas Philia setigera Pandora cirtana Philia erythrogaster Philia bilineata Attus haemorrhoicus Attus nervosus Dendryphantes bilineatus Dendryphantes nigriceps Attus bimaculatus Philaeus bilineatus Philaeus nervosus Philaeus sanguinolentus

Philaeus chrysops is a species of jumping spider (Salticidae).

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 External links 5.1 Images

[edit] Description

Normal body length is 7 to 12 mm, but 5 mm small males do occur. Unusual for spiders, the males are often bigger. The sexes differ extremely: males are very colorful with a glaringly red opisthosoma (chrysops means "golden eye" in Greek). The males have a dark brown cephalothorax with two broad longitudinal white stripes behind the rear eyes. The abdomen is bright orange-red on the back and the sides, with a longitudinal black stripe in the center and black shoulders. The long, slender legs are dark with the patellae and most of the tibiae of the first two pairs bright orange-red. The cephalothorax of the female is similar to the male, but with much smaller white stripes. The back of her abdomen is largely covered with a very broad brown band with two narrow longitudinal white stripes and a few white marks near the sides. The remainder of the abdomen and the sides are orange, the legs light brown with dark brown rings.^[1]

The spider prefers open and warm areas.

[edit] Distribution

P. chrysops occurs in the Palearctic, reaching into South China^[1]

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

• Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

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[edit] Images

• digilander.libero.it: male with fly - male front view - male - male top view