Eris (spider)
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| Eris | |
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| Adult male Eris militaris (Bronze Lake Jumper) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendryphantinae |
| Genus: | Eris C. L. Koch, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Attus militaris Hentz, 1845 |
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| Diversity | |
| 12 species | |
Eris is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
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[edit] Name
The genus name is derived from Eris, the Greek goddess of discord (known as Discordia in Roman mythology).
[edit] Species
- Eris bulbosa (Karsch, 1880) — Mexico
- Eris flava (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) — USA to Hispaniola
- Eris floridana (Banks, 1904) — USA
- Eris illustris C. L. Koch, 1846 — Puerto Rico
- Eris limbata — USA
- Eris militaris (Hentz, 1845) — USA, Canada, Alaska
- Eris perpacta (Chickering, 1946) — Panama
- Eris perpolita (Chickering, 1946) — Panama
- Eris riedeli (Schmidt, 1971) — Ecuador or Colombia
- Eris rufa (C. L. Koch, 1846) — USA
- Eris tricolor (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Mexico
- Eris trimaculata (Banks, 1898) — Mexico
- Eris valida (Chickering, 1946) — Panama
[edit] Further reading
- Hill, David Edwin (1978): The behavior of Eris marginata (Araneae: Salticidae). Peckhamia 1(4): 63-70. PDF (is now E. militaris)
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Eris (genus) |
- Jumping Spider Eris sp. free photographs
- Pictures of E. aurantia
- Pictures of E. floridana
- Pictures of E. pinea
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