Colonus puerperus
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Colonus |
| Species: | C. puerperus
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| Binomial name | |
| Colonus puerperus | |
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Attus puerperusHentz, 1846 | |
Colonus puerperusis a species ofjumping spidercommonly found in the eastern United States. Its range stretches along theGulf CoastfromFloridatoTexas,and north toKansas,Illinois,andPennsylvania.[2]It is usually found in grassy areas during the warmer months of the year.[3]Adult females are between 7 and 11 mm (0.3–0.4 in) in length.[3][4]Adult males are between 5 and 7 mm (0.2–0.3 in).[2][4]
The species name is from Latinpuerperus,"just having born a child" (frompuer,child, andpario,give birth).[citation needed]
This species is among the farthest jumping, if not the farthest jumping, species of jumping spiders. The maximum horizontal jump distance of a 6.2 mm male was measured at 23 cm, meaning thatC. puerperusis capable of jumping up to 38 times its body length.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Taxon detailsColonus puerperus(Hentz, 1846) ".World Spider Catalog.Natural History Museum Bern.Retrieved2015-11-30.
- ^abRichman, David B.; Richard S. Vetter (2004)."A Review of the Spider Genus Thiodina (Araneae, Salticidae) in the United States".The Journal of Arachnology.32(3): 424–426.doi:10.1636/h03-45.S2CID84978604.
- ^abHowell, W. Mike; Ronald L. Jenkins (2004).Spiders of the Eastern United States: A Photographic Guide.Pearson Education. pp. 336–337.
- ^abComstock, John Henry (1975) [First published 1912].The Spider Book.Cornell University Press. pp. 678–679.
- ^Hill, D.E. (23 May 2018)."The jumping behavior of jumping spiders: a review (Araneae: Salticidae)"(PDF).Peckhamia.167(1).
External links
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