Euryattus bleekeri

Bleeker's jumping spider
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Aelurillus
Species:	E. bleekeri
Binomial name
Euryattus bleekeri (Doleschall, 1859)
Synonyms
Salticus bleekeri Doleschall, 1859

Bleeker's jumping spider, is a species of spider of the genus Euryattus. It is found from Sri Lanka to Queensland.

Female. Note the white stripes of opisthosoma.

Description

Male is smaller than female, where generally about 6mm in total length, whereas female is 12mm. Adult mature spider has flat fronted smooth dark black chelicerae and more black or orange opisthosoma. Female has lesser coloration than male, but with prominent orange markings on opisthosoma. Juvenile males are often more orange-brown than adults. Both male and female possess whitish scaly band around the rear part of the carapace and the leading edge of the abdomen.

chelicerae of a male

Ecology

They do not form a web to capture prey. Bleeker's jumping spider build a flat, densely woven egg sac and place it nearby the nest and in rolled up leaves. Their common habitats include dense shrubs and complex vines around coastal areas or near water courses.

Morphology of male. Note jet black coloration of body.

Toxicity

There is no records of serious damages to humans with the bite. But may cause local pain and inflammation sometimes.

Gallery

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  female
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  male
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  female chelicerae
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  male chelicerae
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  dorsal side

See also

• List of Salticidae species

External links

• The retinae of Ewyattus bleekeri , an aberrant salticid spider from Queensland