Attulus pubescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Attulus
Species:
A. pubescens
Binomial name
Attulus pubescens
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sitticus pubescens Dahl, 1926
  • Sittipub pubescens Prószyński, 2017a
  • Hypositticus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)

Attulus pubescens is a species of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). Until 2017, it was known as Sitticus pubescens.[1]

Description

Females have a body length of up to about 5 mm (3⁄16 in), males being slightly shorter at around 4 mm (5⁄32 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.[2]

Distribution and habitat

A. pubescens is native to Europe (including England and Wales[2]), and from North Africa through to Turkey and Afghanistan. It has been introduced to the United States.[1] 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.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Taxon details Hypositticus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-06-27
  2. 1 2 3 Roberts, Michael J. (1995). Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. London: HarperCollins. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-00-219981-0.


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