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Family Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)

Salticidae is a family in the order Araneae. Browse 269 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

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Species in Salticidae (269)

Admestina archboldi

The type specimen of this spider was collected at Archbold Biological Station on 26 March 1989 by William H. Piel.

Attulus finschi

Attulus finschi is a species of spider from the jumping spider family Salticidae. It is found in Russia, Canada, and the United States.

Cheliferoides longimanus

Identification: - - - - male - - - - - - - - - - female - - - - Type: Llano Grande, below Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., Texas (male, April 28, 1934, S. Mulaik, holotype, AMNH)

Colonus hesperus

Identification: Unlike the other two species, Colonus hesperus does not have the two longitudinal white stripes on the abdomen. Instead, the abdomen is yellowish with scattered black setae and numerous black dots. Epigynum: Palp:

Colonus puerperus

Identification: Epigynum: Palp: See "Notes on the jumping spiders Colonus puerperus (Hentz 1846) and Colonus sylvanus (Hentz 1846) in the southeastern United States" for info on distinguishing Colonus puerperus from Colonus sylvanus .

Colonus sylvanus

Dendryphantes nigromaculatus

Dendryphantes nigromaculatus is a jumping spider species, known by the common name black-marked jumping spider, in the genus Dendryphantes that lives in the United States and Canada.

Eris flava

Identification: Note the male face pattern with a white line under the eyes that extends across the entire clypeus. This fieldmark is typically absent on the more common E. militaris . Palp The female is typically light brown, yellow, or golden with

Bronze Jumper

Eris militaris

Identification: Epigynum Palp More information about distinguishing E. militaris from E. flava in Maddison's paper.

Euophrys frontalis

The species is sexually dimorphic. The females are brown with darker rather zig-zag lines running along the length of the abdomen. These stripes are not as pronounced in the male which has red rimmed eyes and enlarged front legs used in courtship whi

Euophrys monadnock

The white femora of preserved specimens are orange on live specimens.

Evarcha falcata

The abdomen is chestnut brown patterned with black and with a conspicuous pale crescent at the anterior end. Mainly a woodland spider which occurs in the foliage of trees and on lower vegetation such as heather and gorse in woodland clearings. March

Evarcha hoyi

Identification: Tentative placement of Evarcha hoyi images in BugGuide is based on the ranges given by Marusik and Logunov . It is possible they can not be identified from habitus images alone.[jb] Epigynum: Palp: Please see Jay Barnes' comment here

Evarcha proszynskii

Identification: Tentative placement of Evarcha proszynskii images in BugGuide is based on the ranges given by Marusik and Logunov . It is possible they can not be identified from habitus images alone.[jb] Epigynum: Palp:

Ghelna canadensis

Ghelna canadensis is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.

Habronattus amicus

Identification: A distinct characteristic of the male is its "hairy" abdomen. Also note the unmodified 1st and 3rd legs and the black tarsi at the end of the male forelegs. Male: Female: This species exhibits a wide degree of geographic variation wit

Habronattus californicus

Habronattus californicus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.

Habronattus clypeatus

Identification: Male Female H. dossenus and H. clypeatus are very similar and both occur in southern Arizona. In the eastern part of their overlapping range, they are fairly distinct, but in the western part, they may be difficult to tell apart, espe

Habronattus coecatus

Habronattus coecatus is a species of jumping spiders from a Salticidae family, that can be found in Mexico, the United States, and Bermuda.

Habronattus conjunctus

Habronattus conjunctus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.

Habronattus dossenus

Identification: Male H. dossenus and H. clypeatus are very similar and both occur in southern Arizona. In the eastern part of their overlapping range, they are fairly distinct, but in the western part, they may be difficult to tell apart, especially

Habronattus formosus

Habronattus formosus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States.

Habronattus icenoglei

Habronattus icenoglei is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae). It is found in the southwestern United States and north-central Mexico.

Habronattus klauseri

Habronattus klauseri is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.

Habronattus luminosus

Identification: Male First specimens known collected at Sunglow, AZ (Cochise Co.) by B. & V. Roth, in July 1977. Face of male turns greenish in alcohol. In life, face of male is bright blue, surrounded by orange. Rediscovered by M. Girard in 2012 in

Habronattus orbus

Identification: Male Female Epigynum (ventral/dorsal):

Habronattus peckhami

Habronattus peckhami is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the USA.

Habronattus sabulosus

Habronattus sabulosus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the southeastern United States.

Hakka himeshimensis

Hakka himeshimensis is a species of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It is the only species in the genus Hakka. H. himeshimensis is native to East Asia, but has been introduced to the United States. It is most commonly found in rocky c

Adanson's House Spider

Hasarius adansoni

This is an introduced species that originated in Africa and the Middle East but has spread around the world.

Heliophanus flavipes

A small species at around 5 mm. A striking spider with a dark body covered with numerous paler hairs which are sometimes golden. Its legs and palps are a golden lemony yellow in colour. Identification of this species "Requires examination at high mag

Hentzia alamosa

Hentzia alamosa is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is only known from Texas in the United States.

Hyetussa complicata

Identification: H. complicata mature males have a single pair of lateral abdominal spots, females have two pairs. pers. comm. GB Edwards Type: Texas (male, Hidalgo Co., below Weslaco, Llano Grande, April 27, 1934, S. Mulaik, holotype, AMNH)

Hypositticus pubescens

A small (5 mm) but sprightly jumping spider with a large and quite angular head and a hairy body patterned with browns, black and light greys. Identification of this species "Requires examination at high magnification in good lighting, typically exam

Leptofreya ambigua

Leptofreya ambigua is a species of jumping spider. The species was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.

Maevia b

Identification: This page is created for individuals east of the Appalachians.

Maevia expansa

Identification: Males are similar to M inclemens but have large areas of white scales around the AMEs (large forward facing eyes in center: Anterior Median Eyes). Males are dimorphic with a black form and a grayish form. Adult females are best identi

Marpissa formosa

Identification: Male Palp Female This species is largely replaced by Marpissa bina in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina (where there may be some overlap).

Marpissa lineata

Identification: Palp: Epigynum: Marpissa dentoides Barnes, 1958 is similar, and found in parts of the same range. There are currently (8/14/25) no records on BugGuide. Males (only) can be differentiated by structure of the pedipalp. Some images are f

Pike Slender Jumper

Marpissa pikei

Marpissa pikei is a species of jumping spider that is found in the eastern United States, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Cuba.

Marpissa robusta

Identification: Male/Female Palp Epigynum This page was created based on the identification of this image by Dr. Lenny Vincent .

Marpissa sulcosa

Identification: This species is very similar in appearance to M. lineata which it replaces in Florida.

Gray Wall Jumper

Menemerus bivittatus

Identification: Female & Male together Non-native, likely introduced from the Old World tropics.

Metacyrba taeniola

Identification: Western T. t. similis with reddish femur IV. Eastern T. t. taeniola with dark femur IV.

Metaphidippus chera

Identification: Male Palp Female Epigynum Maddison describes this species as "one of the most common salticids in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico ".

Metaphidippus manni

Identification: "Dense white patches on chelicerae and cheek patches that contrast against a dark, shiny body distinguish males immediately". Female

Myrmarachne formicaria

Identification: It is the only ant-like North American jumping spider in which the male chelicerae project forward more than 50% of the carapace length, and in which the female palpal tarsus is dorsoventrally flattened and bent downward distally. (Br

Three-lined Maevia

Paramaevia poultoni

Paramaevia poultoni is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States.

Peckhamia americana

Peckhamia americana is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States, Mexico, and Hispaniola.

Pelegrina aeneola

Pelegrina aeneola (Pelegrina aeneola) is a species in the family Salticidae, commonly known as jumping spiders, belonging to the order Araneae (Spiders). This species belongs to the genus Pelegrina. As a member of class Arachnida, phylum Arthropoda,

Pelegrina exigua

Pelegrina exigua is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States.

Pelegrina flaviceps

Identification: Palp (ventral/lateral) Epigynum (ventral/dorsal) Males can be distinguished from the closely related flavipedes and exigua by the dark lateral spots on the chelicerae and pale yellow legs.

Pelegrina insignis

Identification: Maddison mentions that the female's face and legs are yellowish Palp Epigynum

Pelegrina sabinema

Pelegrina sabinema is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States.

Phanias albeolus

Phanias albeolus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States.

Phanias watonus

Identification: Male is similar in appearance to Phanias harfordi , but without the solid covering of white scales on the face. Palp Epigynum

Phidippus apacheanus

Identification: Male/Female Male P. cardinalis can be distinguished from male P. apacheanus by the lack of the shiny, green chelicerae found in the latter. See images of faces below ( P. cardinalis/P. apacheanus ):

Phidippus aureus

Identification: Female Phidippus aureus is a rare species within the purpuratus complex and is closest in affinity to species like P. ardens/ apacheanus . Widespread, but never common- this is a smaller-sized member of the group- closer to P. ardens

Phidippus bidentatus

Phidippus bidentatus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in a range from the United States to Costa Rica.

Cardinal Jumper

Phidippus cardinalis

Identification: Male/Female Palp Epigynum Male P. cardinalis can be distinguished from male P. apacheanus by the lack of the shiny, green chelicerae found in the latter. See images of faces below ( P. cardinalis/P. apacheanus ):

Phidippus carneus

Identification: Male Females have a melanistic form which is only known from New Mexico and Texas currently. Females of the montivagus form are more typical.

Phidippus clarus

Identification: Male/Female Palp Epigynum (ventral/dorsal) The female constructs a conspicuous white retreat and egg case near the tops of plants

Phidippus concinnus

Phidippus concinnus is a species of jumping spider found in Idaho and California in the United States....

Phidippus cryptus

Identification: Adult Male Voucher specimen: Left palp (ventral/lateral): Female

Phidippus mystaceus

Identification: Large, variable in color. Three sets of abdominal markings apparently distinctive. Male Female

Phidippus nikites

Identification: Male/Female Palp This species is closely related to Phidippus apacheanus and looks very similar. However, according to Edwards 2004 , unlike P. apacheanus , which stays the same color throughout its life cycle (usually red, sometimes

Phidippus octopunctatus

Identification: Male/Female Epigynum (ventral/dorsal)

Phidippus richmani

Phidippus richmani is a species of jumping spider (Salticidae) native to the United States.

Phidippus whitmani

Identification: Male/Female There appears to be a melanistic version in the southern parts of its range.

Philaeus chrysops

A non-native jumping spider sometimes imported with plants or for the pet trade from Europe and North Africa. Length 5.5-9.7mm. Opisthosoma - females and juvenile males: black with 2 long white spots, sometimes formed like 2 parallel lines; male red

California Flattened Jumping Spider

Platycryptus californicus

Platycryptus californicus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in North and Central America.

Pantropical Jumping Spider

Plexippus paykulli

Plexippus paykulli is a jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is native to south east Asia but has spread to other parts of the world. In the United States it is called the pantropical jumping spider. It is usually associated with buildings and

Poultonella alboimmaculata

According to Bothrops07, seems to be densely populated in very small locations, and absent everywhere else. In Oklahoma, most often found in tall grassland in broomsedge bluestem, but can also be found on ragweed, milkweed, saplings, and fences. Seem

Pseudeuophrys lanigera

A jumping spider with a body length of 3 to 4 mm. Identification of this species "Requires examination at high magnification in good lighting, typically examination of the genitalia." Bee, L., Oxford, G., & Smith, H. (2020). Britain's Spiders: A Fiel

Rhetenor texanus

Identification: Palp Epigynum Type: Texas (male, Cameron Co., Brownsville, May 25, 1934, J. N. Knull, holotype, AMNH)

Salticus cingulatus

It has more white on the abdomen with dark triangular markings. Legs pale with distinct annulations. Usually away from habitation on tree trunks, gate posts etc. Very similar to S. scenicus but usually much paler due to more white hairs on the abdome

Salticus palpalis

Identification: The cephalothorax is covered in iridescent scales; the abdomen is brick-red with four transverse pure white bands, the last of them at the spinnerets.

Salticus scenicus

The female has a black abdomen with white stripes whereas the male has a brown abdomen with white stripes. However the patterning is variable and records are best confirmed by examination of genital structures. Legs mottled yellow brown with indistin

Sarinda hentzi

Identification: An orange-brown ant mimic . Characters : Epigynum

Sassacus cyaneus

Sassacus cyaneus is a species of jumping spider. It used to be the only described species of the genus Agassa, but was transferred to the genus Sassacus in 2008. It seems to be closely related to S. papenhoei, but differs in the form of the carapace.

Sassacus paiutus

Identification: Gertsch, 1934 indicates the mouthparts and chelicerae are brown. Femur I is brown, but the remaining joints are lighter. The posterior legs are yellow. The abdomen is overlaid with white scales.

Sassacus papenhoei

Identification: Palp Generally covered in "metallic green and pink or coppery scales ... abdomen usually green or blue".(Richman, 2008)

Sassacus vitis

Identification: Palp Epigynum (ventral/dorsal) The body is covered in iridescent scales which flash either green or gold in strong light (often doesn't show up well in photographs). This iridescence has been explained as mimicking of certain beetles,

Synageles bishopi

Synageles bishopi is a species of jumping spider. It is native to the continental United States.

Synageles occidentalis

Identification: Palp Epigynum Cutler writes that species often confused with S. noxiosus , but genitalia is very different: Cutler, 1988a

Talavera aequipes

Talavera aequipes is a small jumping spider. There are very similar species, but this species is the most frequent of these spiders in our area. Identification of this species "Requires examination at high magnification in good lighting, typically ex

Tutelina elegans

Identification: Male/Female Palp (ventral/lateral) Epigynum (ventral/dorsal)

Tutelina harti

Identification: Palp Epigynum In my experience, the female dorsal abdomen pattern is variable in the field because the scales may be rubbed off. See examples below. -ChH

Zygoballus nervosus

Zygoballus nervosus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in the eastern United States and Canada.

Zygoballus sexpunctatus

Identification: Palp Epigynum Both males and females typically have a thin band of white scales along the lower edge of the carapace on the sides, unlike Z. rufipes . Males have a black carapace and a spot of white scales at beginning of thoracic slo