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Dendryphantinae

Wayne Maddison
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Composition of Dendryphantinae according to Maddison (1988)
Containing group: Salticidae

Introduction

The dendryphantines are among the commonnest and most diverse jumping spiders of the New World (considerably less diverse in the Old World). Included are genera such as Phidippus, Metaphidippus, Eris, Dendryphantes, Tutelina, and Hentzia. Generally the females show paired spots on the abdomen, and the males often have enlarged chelicerae.

Characteristics

Maddison (1988, 1996) proposed three characters derived within the family as synapomorphies of the subfamily:

  1. Carina on the ventrolateral edge of the basal segment of the male chelicerae:

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    (from Maddison, 1996)

  2. Coil of embolus folded back so as to be hidden behind the basal part of the embolus, so that the coiling is usually only visible from the back of the embolus:

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  3. Epigynal openings S-shaped, with entry toward the lateral in the anterior half and toward the medial in the posterior half:

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    (from Maddison, 1996)

References

Maddison, W.P. 1988. A revision of jumping spider species groups formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus, with a discussion of salticid phylogeny (Araneae). Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge.

Maddison, W.P. 1996. Pelegrina and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. l54(4): 215-368.

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Copyright © 1994-1995 Wayne Maddison
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Included on this page are images from Maddison, W.P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. l54(4): 215-368. These images are copyright © 1996 The President and Fellows of Harvard College

Wayne Maddison
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Maddison, Wayne. 1995. Dendryphantinae. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Dendryphantinae/2854/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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