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Salticidae Menemerus

Menemerus bivittatus (Dufour, 1831)

Common House Jumper

The female has two broad black bands running along the lateral margins of the abdomen. The dorsal surface of the female carapace is covered by the dense layer of whitish hairs, but these may be rubbed off and reveal the dark integument.

In the male, the two dark bands on the carapace and the single band on the abdomen form a pattern that looks like the letter Y.

Length♀ 7–10 mm; ♂ 5–9 mm
Type LocalitySpain.
DistributionWidespread, including Fiji, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Brazil, Canada, United States, Spain, Turkey, Australia, India, Japan, China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.
HabitatA "domestic" spider associated with man-made structures, on trees around nature parks, sometimes on barnacle beds on coastal embarkments.
BiologyThe mother stays inside a silken chamber, often around wall corners and inside bark crevices, and guards the eggs until the spiderlings are hatched.

Taxonomy

Type Deposits*

  1. Holotype

    Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Marpissa balteata C. L. Koch, 1846, (1590)

  2. Holotype

    Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Marpissa discoloria C. L. Koch, 1846, (1585, 1585a)

  3. Holotype

    Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Marpissa incerta C. L. Koch, 1846, (1593, 1593a)

  4. Holotype

    Queensland Museum, Brisbane (QMB), Australia; ♀ (G 55) of Menemerus acuminatus (Davies & Gallon, 1986)

  5. Holotype

    Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; ♂ of Menemerus bonetti (Wesołowska, 1999)

  6. Syntype

    Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Marpissa dissimilis C. L. Koch, 1846, (1589, 1589a)

  7. Syntype

    Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Marptusa marita Karsch, 1879, (2599, 2601, 2971)

Taxonomic references*

  1. Salticus bivittatus (Original description ♀)

    Dufour, 1831 Descriptions et figures de quelques Arachnides nouvelles ou mal connues et procédé pour conserver à sec ces Invertébrés dans les collections: 369, pl. 11, f. 5

  2. Attus bivittatus (♀)

    Walckenaer, 1837 Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier: 423 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095

  3. Attus melanognathus (Original description ♀)

    Lucas, 1838 Arachnides, Myriapodes et Thysanoures: 29, pl. 7, f. 4

  4. Marpissa discoloria (Original description ♂)

    C. L. Koch, 1846 Die Arachniden: 74, f. 1139 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744

  5. Salticus convergens (Original description ♀)

    Doleschall, 1859 Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel: 15, pl. 9, f. 4

  6. Attus muscivorus (Original description ♀)

    Vinson, 1863 Aranéides des îles de La Réunion, Maurice et Madagascar: 47, 300, pl. 10, f. 1 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.125517

  7. Dendryphantes incerta

    Simon, 1864 Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides): 314 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.47654

  8. Attus foliatus (Original description ♀)

    L. Koch, 1867b Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden: 226

  9. Salticus nigro-limbatus (Original description ♀)

    O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870b Notes on some spiders and scorpions from St Helena, with descriptions of new species: 542, pl. 42, f. 10 doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1869.tb07363.x

  10. Attus planus (Original description ♂♀)

    Taczanowski, 1871 Les aranéides de la Guyane française: 80

  11. Salticus nigrolimbatus (Original description ♂)

    O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873c On new and rare British spiders (being a second supplement to "British spiders new to science", Linn: 527 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1873.tb00231.x

  12. Marpessa nigrolimbata

    O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874d Systematic list of the spiders at present known to inhabit Great Britain and Ireland: 333 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1874.tb00009.x

  13. Marpissa nigrolimbata

    Simon, 1876a Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième: 29

  14. Menemerus vittatus (Original description ♂)

    Simon, 1877b Etudes arachnologiques: 59

  15. Marpissa plana

    Taczanowski, 1878a Les Aranéides du Pérou: 324

  16. Icius convergens (mf)

    Thorell, 1878b Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani: 232

  17. Marptusa marita (Original description ♂♀)

    Karsch, 1879a West-afrikanische Arachniden, gesammelt von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr: 358

  18. Menemerus foliatus (♀, D♂)

    L. Koch, 1879a Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 24-25]: 1123, pl. 98, f. 1-2 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660

  19. Icius dissimilis (Synonym of Dendryphantes incertus, Icius convergens, I. maritus and Marpissa nigrolimbata)

    Thorell, 1881 Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani: 461

  20. Attus mannii (Original description ♂)

    Peckham & Peckham, 1883 Descriptions of new or little known spiders of the family Attidae from various parts of the United States of North America: 27, pl. 3, f. 21 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.136491

  21. Icius maritus

    Karsch, 1884a Arachnoidea: 64, f

  22. Menemerus bivittatus

    Peckham & Peckham, 1886 Genera of the family Attidae: with a partial synonymy: 292

  23. Tapinattus melanognathus (Synonym of Menemerus foliatus and M. vittatus)

    Thorell, 1887 Viaggio di L: 362

  24. Menemerus melanognathus (♂♀, S of Attus manni, A. muscivorus and Icius dissimilis)

    Peckham & Peckham, 1888 Attidae of North America: 82, pl. 1, f. 62, pl. 6, f. 62

  25. Menemerus melanognathus (♂)

    Marx, 1889a A contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of the Bermuda Islands: 99, pl. 4, f. 3

  26. Tapinattus melanognathus (Synonym of Dendryphantes discolorius)

    Thorell, 1892a Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani: 307

  27. Marptusa melanognatha

    Banks, 1898b Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico: 285

  28. Menemerus bivittatus (Synonym of Attus cinctus, Dendryphantes balteatus, Marpissa plana and Menemerus melanognathus)

    Simon, 1901a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 604 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973

  29. Marpissa melanognatha (♂♀)

    F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones: 250, pl. 21, f. 18-19

  30. Marpissa melanognatha (♂♀)

    Peckham & Peckham, 1909 Revision of the Attidae of North America: 483, pl. 39, f. 3, pl. 40, f. 3

  31. Menemerus acuminatus (Original description ♀)

    Rainbow, 1912a Araneidae from the Blackall Ranges: 201, f. 15-16

  32. Marpissa ridens (Original description ♀)

    Hogg, 1914b Spiders from the Montebello Islands: 90, pl. 2, f. 12

  33. Menemerus bivittatus (♂)

    Petrunkevitch, 1925a Arachnida from Panama: 241, f. 152-153

  34. Stridulattus stridulans (Original description ♂)

    Petrunkevitch, 1926 Spiders from the Virgin Islands: 74, f. 25-28

  35. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Petrunkevitch, 1930b The spiders of Porto Rico: 184, f. 165-168

  36. Camponia lineata (Original description ♂)

    Badcock, 1932 Reports of an expedition to Paraguay and Brazil in 1926–7, supported by the Trustees of the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund and the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland: 40, f. 32 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb00987.x

  37. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Berland, 1932b Les Arachnides (Scorpions, Araignées, etc: 398, f. 574-577

  38. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Simon, 1937 Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 5e et derniére partie: 1210, 1262, f. 1932-1933

  39. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Berland & Millot, 1941 Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française I: 346, f. 49, 50A-C

  40. Menemerus melanognathus (♂♀)

    Nakatsudi, 1943a Some Arachnida from Micronesia: 172, f. 20a-c, 21

  41. Attus attentus (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

    Roewer, 1955c Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex): 1420

  42. Menemerus bivittatus (Synonym of Attus attentus and A. locustoides)

    Bonnet, 1957 Bibliographia araneorum. Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéologique jusqu'en 1939. Tome II. Systématique des araignées (Étude par ordre alphabétique) (3me partie: G-M): 2767

  43. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Barnes, 1958 North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae): 44, f. 71-74

  44. Menemerus bonneti (Original description ♂)

    Schenkel, 1963 Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris: 430, f. 248a-e

  45. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Chrysanthus, 1968 Spiders from south New Guinea X: 68, f. 89-95

  46. Menemerus bivittatus (Synonym of Camponia lineata)

    Galiano, 1979c Nuevos sinonimos en la familia Salticidae (Araneae): 33

  47. Menemerus bonneti (♂)

    Wesołowska, 1981b Redescriptions of the E: 145, f. 52-57

  48. Menemerus lineatus (♂)

    Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 157

  49. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Wanless, 1984c Araneae-Salticidae: 78, f. 26a-f

  50. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Żabka, 1985 Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam: 240, f. 283-292

  51. Menemerus bivittatus (♀)

    Yaginuma, 1986a Spiders of Japan in color (new ed: 221, f. 123.2

  52. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Davies & Żabka, 1989 Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia: 250, pl. 55

  53. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Wesołowska, 1989b Notes on the Salticidae (Aranei) of the Cape Verde Islands: 268, f. 14-20

  54. Menemerus bonneti (♂)

    Peng et al., 1993 Salticids in China (Arachnida: Araneae): 125, f. 418-421

  55. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀, Synonym of Stridulattus stridulans)

    Jastrzebski, 1997a Salticidae from the Himalayas: 41, f. 18-29

  56. Menemerus bivittatus (♀)

    Peng et al., 1998b Five jumping spiders of the family Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from China: 37, f. 1-3

  57. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀, Synonym of Menemerus bonetti)

    Wesołowska, 1999 A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae): 267, f. 35-47

  58. Menemerus bonneti (♂)

    Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 534, f. 303K

  59. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 2003 Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant: 97, f. 341-444

  60. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Ledoux, 2007 Araignées de l'île de La Réunion: II: 26, f. 23A-C, 24

  61. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009 Salticidae: 578, f. 196-198

  62. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Saaristo, 2010 Araneae: 192, f. 27.84a-c

  63. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Yin et al., 2012 Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China: 1399, f. 760a-f

  64. Menemerus bivittatus (♀)

    Sen et al., 2015 Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary: 33, f. 87-91, pl. 13

  65. Menemerus bivittatus (♀, Synonym of Menemerus acuminatus and M. ridens)

    Richardson, 2016 New genera, new species and redescriptions of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae): 528, f. 101-103, 105-109 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.1

  66. Menemerus bivittatus (♀)

    Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017 Litter and ground dwelling spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars, West Bengal: 30, f. 43-47, pl. 17

  67. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Peng, 2020 Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: 223, f. 153a-f

  68. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Chen, Lin & Ueng, 2021 Three new species and six newly recorded species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Taiwan: 304, f. 19A-B, 20A-D, 21A-B, 22A-C doi:10.4236/nr.2021.129021

  69. Menemerus bivittatus (♀)

    Coşar & Danışman, 2022a Two new records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Salticidae): 431, f. 1-6

  70. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Pupin & Brescovit, 2023 The alien synanthropic Salticidae in Brazil (Araneae): 5, f. 7-12 doi:10.1590/1678-4766e2023002

  71. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Baert et al., 2023 Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands: 25, f. 83A-D

  72. Menemerus bivittatus (♂♀)

    Alcántar-Valenzuela et al., 2024 Current knowledge of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Sinaloa, Mexico: species checklist and new records, including the first record of Plexippus petersi Karsch, 1878 for America: 14, f. 29-34 doi:10.21829/azm.2024.4012671

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Menemerus bivittatus (Dufour, 1831)

Widespread, including Fiji, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Brazil, Canada, United States, Spain, Turkey, Australia, India, Japan, China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.

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