Aelurillus v-insignitus

Taxobox
name = "Aelurillus v-insignitus"

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image_caption = male
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
familia = Aelurillinae
genus = "Aelurillus"
species = "A. v-insignitus"
binomial = "Aelurillus v-insignitus"
binomial_authority = (Clerck, 1757)
synonyms ="Araneus litera v insignitus"
"Araneus litera v notatus"
"Aranea navaria"
"Aranea insignita"
"Aranea punctata"
"Aranea litterata"
"Attus litteratus"
"Attus quinquepartitus"
"Attus insignitus"
"Salticus quinquepartitus"
"Euophrys quinquepartitus"
"Attus quinquefidus"
"Dia quinquepartita"
"Salticus nidicolens"
"Attus v-insignitus"
"Pandora litterata"
"Dia quinquefida"
"Euophrys insignitus"
"Yllenus v-insignitus"
"Aelurops insignitus"
"Aelurops v-insignitus"
"Ictidops v-insignitus"
"Aelurillus insignitus"
"Phlegra v-insignita"
"Phlegra v-insignitus"

"Aelurillus v-insignitus" is a species of jumping spider.

Appearance

The male has v-shaped rows of hairs on its head and a pronounced white median stripe on its abdomen. The female is mottled brown. The spider can reach a length of between 4 and 7mm.

Name

"insignitus" is Latin for "signed", because of the white chevron on the back of the male spider, which is in the form of the letter "V".

Distribution

"A. v-insignitus" occurs in the Palearctic. It is the only "Aelurillus" species that occurs in northwestern Europe.

References

* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Salticidae/Salticidae.htm Photography of male and female]
* [http://saitis.club.fr/montardi/salticidae/courtship/courtship_frame.html Short animation of courtship dance]