Colonus puerperus
| Colonus puerperus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Colonus |
| Species: | C. puerperus |
| Binomial name | |
| Colonus puerperus (Hentz, 1846)[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Attus puerperus Hentz, 1846 | |
Colonus puerperus is a species of jumping spider commonly found in the eastern United States. Its range stretches along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, and north to Kansas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.[2] It is usually found in grassy areas during the warmer months of the year.[3] Adult females are between 7 and 11 mm (0.3–0.4 in) in length.[3][4] Adult males are between 5 and 7 mm (0.2–0.3 in).[2][4]
The species name is from Latin puerperus, "just having born a child" (from puer, child, and pario, give birth).
References
- 1 2 "Taxon details Colonus puerperus (Hentz, 1846)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
- 1 2 Richman, David B.; Richard S. Vetter (2004). "A Review of the Spider Genus Thiodina (Araneae, Salticidae) in the United States". The Journal of Arachnology 32 (3): 424–426. doi:10.1636/h03-45.
- 1 2 Howell, W. Mike; Ronald L. Jenkins (2004). Spiders of the Eastern United States: A Photographic Guide. Pearson Education. pp. 336–337.
- 1 2 Comstock, John Henry (1975) [First published 1912]. The Spider Book. Cornell University Press. pp. 678–679.
External links
Media related to Thiodina puerpera at Wikimedia Commons- Thiodina puerpera at Bugguide.net
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