Zeuxippus pallidus

Zeuxippus pallidus is a spider species of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, China and Vietnam.[1]

Zeuxippus pallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Zeuxippus
Species:
Z. pallidus
Binomial name
Zeuxippus pallidus
Synonyms[1]

Rhene argentata

Description

The male of Z. pallidus has an orange-brown hairy carapace. On the sides there are greyish-white, long hairs. The abdomen is greyish orange-brown with orange markings and light transverse streaks towards the rear. The legs are yellow-orange, except for the first pair, which is very hairy with long greyish-white and orange-brown hairs. The lighter female has greyish streaks on the sides of the abdomen.[2]

References

  1. "Taxon details Zeuxippus pallidus (Thorell, 1895)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-03
  2. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000), An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia, Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society, ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8, p. 289f.


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