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Eris (spider)

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Eris
Adult male Eris militaris (Bronze Lake Jumper)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Eris
C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
Attus militaris
Hentz, 1845
Species

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Eris is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It is native to North and South America. As is typical for salticids, they are not defensive. While larger specimens could potentially bite, an envenomation would pose no danger to a human.

Name

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The genus name is derived from Eris, the Greek goddess of discord (known as Discordia in Roman mythology).

Species

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E. militaris

Further reading

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  • 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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