Stagetillus opaciceps

Stagetillus opaciceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Hisponinae
Genus: Stagetillus
Species: S. opaciceps
Binomial name
Stagetillus opaciceps
Simon, 1885

Stagetillus opaciceps is a spider species of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Description

Females are 6 mm long, males up to 8 mm. The carapax is shiny yellowish-red with two dark stripes on the sides. Between the eyes they are whitish-yellow. The very narrow, long abdomen is dark purplish with elongated white marks on the sides and a transverse white mark near the spinnerets. The legs are yellow, except for the very robust front pair, with is dark with yellow tarsi.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 288

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