Stagetillus opaciceps

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Stagetillus opaciceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Hisponinae
Genus: Stagetillus
Species: S. opaciceps
Binomial name
Stagetillus opaciceps
Simon, 1885

Stagetillus opaciceps is a spider species of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

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[edit] Description

Females are 6 mm long, males up to 8 mm. The carapax is shiny yellowish-red with two dark stripes on the sides. Between the eyes they are whitish-yellow. The very narrow, long abdomen is dark purplish with elongated white marks on the sides and a transverse white mark near the spinnerets. The legs are yellow, except for the very robust front pair, with is dark with yellow tarsi.[1]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 288

[edit] References

  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

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