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Salticidae Nannenus

Nannenus syrphus Simon, 1902

Common Litter Jumper

It is smaller and more abundant than N. lyriger. Both sexes have a high cephalothorax and erect hairs on a short and broadly oval abdomen. The male is easily recognised by the many bands and tufts of white setae on the palps, legs and the body. The femora of the male palps are curved. A thin transverse band of light-coloured setae decorate the anterior part of the female abdomen.

This is probably the most common jumper on the forest floor at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. The species was described from a specimen collected in Singapore by the French arachnologist Eugène Simon.

Length♀ 4 mm; ♂ 3–4 mm
DistributionSingapore, Malaysia (Sarawak).
HabitatLeaf litter in primary and old secondary forests.

Taxonomy

Taxonomic references*

  1. Nannenus syrphus (Original description ♂)

    Simon, 1902d Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite): 370

  2. Nannenus syrphus (♂)

    Simon, 1903a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 797, f. 920 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973

  3. Nanneus syrphus (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 1987 Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2: 69-70

  4. Nannenus syrphus (♂♀)

    Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 Description of some Salticidae (Aranei) from the Malay archipelago: 47, f. 100, 103, 107 doi:10.15298/arthsel.21.1.04

  5. Nannenus syrphus (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 33, f. 14S doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Nannenus syrphus Simon, 1902

Singapore, Malaysia (Sarawak).

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