Banded Jaw Jumper
The males and females may be recognised in the field by their overall greyish brown colouration with some diffuse darker bands on the carapace and abdomen, a band of white hairs around the margin of the carapace and below the anterior eye row.
Male C. oreophila have a characteristic black band across their chelicerae.
| Length | ♀ 5 mm; ♂ 8 mm |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Johor), Indonesia (Sumatra, West Java), Brunei. |
| Habitat | Gardens, fringes of secondary and mangrove forests. |
| Biology | The egg sac is a thin disk affixed to the underside of a leaf and guarded by the mother. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; ♂ (20576) (Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015)
Cytaea oreophila (Original description ♂)
Simon, 1902d Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite): 392
Cytaea oreophila (♂)
Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 29
Cytaea oreophila (♂♀)
Zhang & Maddison, 2015 Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny: 31, f. 552-558 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1
Cytaea oreophila (♂)
Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015 Redescription of some poorly known species of Cytaea Keyserling, 1882 (Araneae: Salticidae), with new synonymies: 565, f. 56-62 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3949.4.5
Cytaea oreophila (♂♀)
Tam, Phu & Quy, 2023 First record of Cytaea (C: 1, f. 1.1.16
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Johor), Indonesia (Sumatra, West Java), Brunei.