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Sittipub pubescens

Sittipub pubescens
Sitticus pubescens.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Sittipub
Species: S. pubescens
Binomial name
Sittipub pubescens
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms

Sitticus pubescens


Sitticus pubescens

Sittipub pubescens is a species of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). Until 2017, it was known as Sitticus pubescens.

Females have a body length of up to about 5 mm (316 in), males being slightly shorter at around 4 mm (532 in), with a smaller abdomen. Both are darkish in colour with variable white markings. Identification is based on the precise structure of the female epigyne and the male palpal bulb.

S. pubescens is native to Europe (including England and Wales), and from North Africa through to Turkey and Afghanistan. It has been introduced to the United States. The species is often associated with people, being found on walls and fences and sometimes inside houses. Away from dwellings, it is also found under stones and on tree trunks.


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