Plexippus petersi

Plexippus petersi
Male on a human finger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Plexippus
Species:
P. petersi
Binomial name
Plexippus petersi
(Karsch, 1878)

Plexippus petersi is a species of jumping spider native to Asia that has been introduced to Africa and Pacific islands.[1] The male is between 6 and 10 mm (0.24 and 0.39 in) in length, and the female is around 10 millimetres (0.39 in). This spider is commonly known as the tropical flycatcher[2] or small zebra jumper.[3]

  1. ^ The World Spider Catalogue
  2. ^ Whyte, Robert; Anderson, Greg (2017). A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia. Csiro Publishing. p. 295. ISBN 9780643107083.
  3. ^ Hegde, Pradeep; Sagar, Sathya Chandra (2016). Guhanagari: A Book on Urban Wildlife at Christ University, Bengaluru. Christ University. pp. 32–33. ISBN 9789382305934.

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