Platycryptus undatus

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Platycryptus undatus

Female

Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Platycryptus
Species:	P. undatus
Binomial name
*Platycryptus undatus* (de Geer, 1778)
Synonyms
Aranea undata Aranea lurida Attus cunctator Attus milberti Attus undatus Attus lentus Salticus sundevalli Attus familiaris Attus rupicola Marpissa undata Marpissa conspersa Marpissa varia Dendryphantes undatus Dendryphantes conspersa Dendryphantes varia Marptusa familiaris Marptusa rupicola Marpissa familiaris Marpissa rupicola Metacyrba undata Platycryptus undata Platycryptus undatus

Platycryptus undatus, also called the tan or familiar jumping spider, is a species of jumping spider.^[1]

Description

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The bodies of these spiders are rather compressed in the vertical direction, which allows them to hide themselves under the loosened bark of trees and in other tight places. They have a prominent chevron-like pattern on their abdomens which may make them more difficult to distinguish on mottled surfaces.^[2]^[1]

Females of this species are between 10 and 13 mm in body length, and males range from 8.5 to 9.5 mm.^[1]

It favors vertical surfaces such as fences, walls, etc. and because of its habits it is easily seen. These spiders are not inclined to bite, but even though they are rather small they can deliver a defensive bite if they are pinched or squeezed.

Eggs are laid and hatch during the summer, and adults and other stages overwinter in their individual silken shelters. Although the shelters are built separately and keep the spiders out of direct contact with each other, Kaston reports that as many as fifty of them may crowd their shelters for hibernation together so tightly that they form a continuous blanket under the loose bark of a standing tree.^[3]

Distribution

Platycryptus undatus occurs in North and Central America. The distribution of this species ranges from the Eastern States and adjacent Canada, to Texas and Wisconsin.^[4]^{[page needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c A guide to some of Ontario's spiders by Cole, Noah. Ontario Nature Magazine. 2017. pp. 60-61
^ Kaston, Benjamin Julian (1981). Spiders of Connecticut (Bulletin 70, revised ed.). Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey. p. 454.
^ Kaston, Benjamin Julian (1981). Spiders of Connecticut (Bulletin 70, revised ed.). Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey. p. 454.
^ Kaston, Benjamin Julian (1953). How to Know the Spiders (1st ed.). Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown Co. ISBN 0-697-04898-5. OCLC 681432632.

Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Platycryptus undatus.

Picture of P. undatus (free for noncommercial use)
Good information on spiders' lifestyles from the University of Kansas.
Lucian K. Ross: A jumping spider feeding on an earthworm. Peckhamia, 71, 1, S. 1-2, September 2008 PDF

Taxon identifiers
Platycryptus undatus	Wikidata: Q291947 ADW: Platycryptus_undatus BioLib: 483685 BOLD: 9214 BugGuide: 3354 CoL: 4JQ7H EoL: 1213823 GBIF: 2171189 iNaturalist: 81839 IRMNG: 11401064 ITIS: 887282 NatureServe: 2.745950 NCBI: 153429 Open Tree of Life: 593617 uBio: 9736732 WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035634

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