Stagetillus opaciceps

Taxobox
name = "Stagetillus opaciceps"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Hisponinae
genus = "Stagetillus"
species = "S. opaciceps"
binomial = "Stagetillus opaciceps"
binomial_authority = Simon, 1885
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"Stagetillus opaciceps" is a spider species of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

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. [Murphy & Murphy 2000: 288]

Footnotes

References

* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* Salticidae.org: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/stagetil/opacicep.htm Diagnostic drawings and color photograph]