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Salticidae Artabrus

Artabrus erythrocephalus (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Red-headed Jumper

This distinctive jumping spider can be recognised by its relatively large size and orangish red to brick red ocular area, furnished with orange and white hairs. The chelicerae in adult males are noticeably swollen when viewed laterally.

Length♀ 9–10 mm; ♂ 10–11 mm
DistributionSingapore, Indonesia (Java, West Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara).
HabitatFoliage in forests.

Taxonomy

Type Deposits*

  1. Holotype

    Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Plexippus erythrocephalus C. L. Koch, 1846, (1726)

Taxonomic references*

  1. Plexippus erythrocephalus (Original description ♂)

    C. L. Koch, 1846 Die Arachniden: 102, f. 1164 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744

  2. Artabrus erythrocephalus (♂)

    Simon, 1903a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 736, f. 846-847 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973

  3. Artabrus erythrocephalus (♂)

    Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 1

  4. Artabrus erythrocephalus (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 1987 Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2: 2-3

  5. Artabrus erythrocephalus (♂♀)

    Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 Six new and one newly recorded species of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Singapore and Malaysia: 188, f. 1A-E

  6. Artabrus erythrocephalus (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 2009b Redescriptions of 16 species of Oriental Salticidae (Araneae) described by F: 155, f. 1-5

  7. Artabrus erythrocephalus (♂♀)

    Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago: 156, f. 1-12 doi:10.15298/arthsel.19.3.05

  8. Artabrus erythrocephalus (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 26, f. 11C doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1

  9. Artabrus erythrocephalus (♂, ♀ habitus)

    Hurni-Cranston & Hill, 2020 Description of a new jumping spider, Artabrus aurantipilosus sp: 2, f. 2-7

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Artabrus erythrocephalus (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Singapore, Indonesia (Java, West Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara).

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