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Menemerus semilimbatus

Menemerus semilimbatus
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Menemerus semilimbatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Menemerus
Species: M. semilimbtus
Binomial name
Menemerus semilimbatus
Carl Wilhelm Hahn 1829
Synonyms
  • Salticus intentus Blackwall, 1870
  • Menemerus heydenii Simon, 1868
  • Menemerus vigoratus Simon, 1868
  • Salticus mauritanicus Lucas, 1846
  • Euophrys vigorata Koch C.L., 1846
  • Attus agilis Walckenaer, 1841
  • Attus semilimbatus Hahn, 1827

Menemerus semilimbatus is a spider in the Salticidae family.

Menemerus semilimbatus are about 6.5–8.4 millimetres (0.26–0.33 in) long, the male being slightly smaller than the female. These fairly big jumping spiders are dorso-ventrally flattened and are covered with short dense, grayish-white hairs, with hairy whitish palps and a white band on the side margins of the carapace, showing also a small white, triangular marking in the middle. The eyes are large and forward-facing. The legs are light brown with darker rings and patches, while the abdomen is dorsally yellowish or grayish, with a characteristic pattern of several bright V-shaped markings. The females show a notch at the posterior edge of the epigyne and two oval depressions in the anterior half.

Menemerus semilimbatus is a Mediterranean species widely distributed in Europe, southern Asia and in Africa. In the Americas, it has been reported for Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and USA.

These spiders are synanthropic living in gardens and inside and on the outside of houses. It is usually found on the walls of buildings where it stalks its prey.


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