Sassacus vitis is a species of jumping spider. It is native to North America, with a range spanning from Canada to Panama. These spiders are normally no larger than five millimetres, with females being much larger than males, and duller in color.[1]
Sassacus vitis | |
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Male Sassacus vitis | |
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Female Sassacus vitis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Sassacus |
Species: | S. vitis
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Binomial name | |
Sassacus vitis (Cockerell, 1894)
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Synonyms | |
Dendryphantes vitis |
References
edit- ^ Richman, David B. (2008). "Revision of the jumping spider genus Sassacus (Araneae, Salticidae, Dendryphantinae) in North America" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 36 (1): 26–48. doi:10.1636/H07-03.1. ISSN 0161-8202. S2CID 83998396.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Sassacus vitis.
- Sassacus vitis at Worldwide database of jumping spiders
- High-speed photos of Sassacus vitis leaping