Aelurillus v-insignitus

Aelurillus v-insignitus
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Aelurillus
Species: A. v-insignitus
Binomial name
Aelurillus v-insignitus
(Clerck, 1757)
Synonyms

Araneus litera v insignitus
Araneus litera v notatus
Aranea navaria
Aranea insignita
Aranea punctata
Aranea litterata
Attus litteratus
Attus quinquepartitus
Attus insignitus
Salticus quinquepartitus
Euophrys quinquepartitus
Attus quinquefidus
Dia quinquepartita
Salticus nidicolens
Attus v-insignitus
Pandora litterata
Dia quinquefida
Euophrys insignitus
Yllenus v-insignitus
Aelurops insignitus
Aelurops v-insignitus
Ictidops v-insignitus
Aelurillus insignitus
Phlegra v-insignita
Phlegra v-insignitus

Aelurillus v-insignitus is a species of jumping spider.

Appearance

The male has v-shaped rows of hairs on its head and a pronounced white median stripe on its abdomen. The female is mottled brown. The spider can reach a length of 4–7 millimetres (0.16–0.28 in).

Name

Insignitus is Latin for "signed", because of the white chevron on the back of the male spider, which is in the form of the letter "V". This letter was originally spelled one v above another V,[1] which could also be interpreted as a double V or W, but usually is interpreted as "V".[2]

Distribution

A. v-insignitus occurs in the Palaearctic. It is the only Aelurillus species that occurs in northwestern Europe.

References

  1. ↑ p. 121 in Clerck, C. 1757. Svenska Spindlar uti sina hufvud-slågter indelte samt under några och sextio särskildte arter beskrefne och med illuminerade figurer uplyste. - Aranei Svecici, descriptionibus et figuris æneis illustrati, ad genera subalterna redacti, speciebus ultra LX determinati. - pp. [1-8], 1-154, pl. 1-6. Stockholmiæ. (L. Salvii).
  2. ↑ Norman I. Platnick. "The World Spider Catalog, Version 11.0". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 12, 2010. Salticidae

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