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Marpissa (genus)

Marpissa
Marpissa muscosa side (aka).jpg
Marpissa muscosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Marpissa
C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
Araneus muscosus
Clerck, 1757
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Hyctia Simon, 1876
  • Icidella Bösenberg & Strand, 1906
  • Onondaga Peckham & Peckham, 1909
  • Roeweriella Kratochvíl, 1932

See text.

Marpissa is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

The genus name is derived from Marpissa, an ancient Greek village.

As of November 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:



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