Calositticus floricola

Calositticus floricola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Calositticus
Species: C. floricola
Binomial name
Calositticus floricola
(C.L. Koch, 1837)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euophrys floricola C. L. Koch, 1837
  • Phoebe floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Maturna litoralis C. L. Koch, 1850
  • Attus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Euophrys pratincola Ohlert, 1867
  • Attus mancus Thorell, 1873
  • Salticus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Sitticus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Attus sexsignatus Franganillo, 1910
  • Sitticus littoralis Dahl, 1912
  • Sitticus mancus (Thorell, 1873)
  • Attus naucus Simon, 1937
  • Sitticus sexsignatus (Franganillo, 1910)
  • Sittiflor floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)

Calositticus floricola is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) with a Palearctic distribution. They are typically 4–4.5 millimetres (0.16–0.18 in) in length. Females are dark reddish brown, with an almost black anterior.[2]

Until 2017 it was placed in the genus Sitticus.[1]

Habitat and ecology

The species lives in bogs, marshes,[3] fen and meadows, on the heads of plants like Eriophorum vaginatum (cotton grass) or similar, on which the spiders occasionally spin their cocoons.[4] In Britain, they can be found from March to September.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Taxon details Calositticus floricola (C.L. Koch, 1837)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-09-29
  2. ↑ Roberts, Michael J. (1 January 1985). The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-946589-05-0. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Allott, Andrew (27 October 2011). Collins New Naturalist Library (118) – Marches. HarperCollins UK. p. 464. ISBN 978-0-00-745061-9. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ↑ British Association for the Advancement of Science (1962). Manchester and Its Region: A Survey Prepared for the Meeting Held in Manchester, August 29 to September 5, 1962. Manchester University Press ND. p. 104. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sitticus floricola". Britishspiders.org. Retrieved 15 June 2012.


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