Plexippus clemens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Plexippus
Species:
P. clemens
Binomial name
Plexippus clemens

Plexippus clemens is a species of jumping spiders that lives in Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Libya, Turkey and Yemen.[1] Originally placed in the genus Salticus by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1872, the species was transferred into the genus Euophrys by Eugène Simon in 1876, into Menemerus by Jerzy Prószyński in 1984, and eventually into Plexippus by Prószyński in 2003.[1]

Synonyms

Synonyms for the species include:[1]

  • Plexippus bhutani Zabka, 1990
  • Plexippus similis Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994
  • Plexippus tectonicus Prószyński, 2003
  • Plexippus yinae Peng & Li, 2003

Description

The male Plexippus clemens has a shield shaped carapace that is dark brown colored and covered by white hairs. Its cephalic region is black with a small patch of white hairs just above its anterior median eyes. Its thoracic region is a broad white patch connected to posterior white margins. Its legs are yellow and brown with dark brown blotches. It has an abdomen oval that is blackish brown with a broad yellowish white median longitudinal band and a white margin.

Distribution

Plexippus clemens is found in India, Algeria, China, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Yemen, Iran, and Pakistan.[1] In India, it was newly recorded in Gujarat in 2021 and previously in Karnataka.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 World Spider Catalog (2017). "Plexippus clemens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Prajapati, Dhruv A.; Tatu, Ketan; Kamboj, R. D. (9 July 2021). "Redescription and junior synonyms of Plexippus clemens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Araneae: Salticidae)". Arachnology. 18 (8): 809–811. doi:10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.809. ISSN 2050-9928.


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