Eris (spider)

Eris
Adult male Eris militaris (Bronze Lake Jumper)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Dendryphantinae
Genus:	Eris C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
Attus militaris Hentz, 1845
Species
see text
Diversity
12 species

Eris is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It is not a large spider and, although it is prone to biting, is not venomous to humans.

Name

The genus name is derived from Eris, the Greek goddess of discord (known as Discordia in Roman mythology).

Species

E. militaris

E. militaris with prey

• Eris bulbosa (Karsch, 1880) – Mexico
• Eris flava (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – United States to Hispaniola
• Eris floridana (Banks, 1904) – USA
• Eris illustris C. L. Koch, 1846 – Puerto Rico
• Eris limbata – United States
• Eris militaris (Hentz, 1845) – USA, Canada, Alaska
• Eris perpacta (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
• Eris perpolita (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
• Eris riedeli (Schmidt, 1971) – Ecuador or Colombia
• Eris rufa (C. L. Koch, 1846) – USA
• Eris tricolor (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
• Eris trimaculata (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
• Eris valida (Chickering, 1946) – Panama

Further reading

• Hill, David Edwin (1978): The behavior of Eris marginata (Araneae: Salticidae). Peckhamia 1(4): 63-70. PDF (is now E. militaris)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eris (genus).

• Jumping Spider Eris sp. free photographs
• Pictures of E. aurantia
• Pictures of E. floridana
• Pictures of E. pinea