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Salticidae Phintella

"Phintella" vittata (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Electric Blue Jumper

This common jumper in Singapore is not a typical Phintella; the male lacks the spots or bands of white setae seen on the carapace of other Phintella. Both sexes share a pattern of alternating transverse glossy black and electric blue or green bands on both the carapace and abdomen. The morphological differences between the sexes are not as distinct as in other Phintella; they differ only in having a pair of more robust legs I and chelicerae in the males, and in differences in leg and palp colouration: whereas the palps and most segments of the legs of the males are almost black, in the female the palps and all the legs are pale yellow.

Length♀ 4–5 mm; ♂ 3–5 mm
Type LocalityBintang, Riau, Indonesia
DistributionWidespread, including South Asia, Singapore, Malaysia (Penang, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Riau), Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, China.
HabitatLow shrubs in gardens and rural wasteland.

Taxonomy

Type Deposits*

  1. Holotype

    Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany; Juvenile (1746) (Prószyński, 1971e)

  2. Holotype

    Western Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India (WRSP, WRC-ZSI), Poona/Pune, India; ♀ (A/274) of Salticus ranjitus (Sudhin, Caleb & Sen, 2024)

Taxonomic references*

  1. Hyllus alternans (Original description ♂)

    C. L. Koch, 1846 Die Arachniden: 169, f. 1222 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744

  2. Thiania vittata

    Simon, 1864 Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides): 326 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.47654

  3. Maevia alternans (Transferred from Hyllus)

    Thorell, 1891 Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien: 122

  4. Maevia vittata (Original description ♀)

    Thorell, 1892a Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani: 335

  5. Maevia alternans (♂)

    Workman & Workman, 1894 Malaysian spiders: 11, pl. 11 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972

  6. Telamonia vittata (♂, Synonym of Maevia alternans)

    Simon, 1901a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 540, 541, 548, f. 655 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973

  7. Salticus ranjitus (Original description ♀)

    Tikader, 1967 Studies on some Salticidae spider from Sikkim, Himalaya, India: 117, f. 1a-c

  8. Chrysilla vittata (Transferred from Telamonia)

    Prószyński, 1971e Catalogue of Salticidae (Aranei) specimens kept in major collections of the world: 390

  9. Salticus ranjitus (♀)

    Tikader & Biswas, 1981 Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I: 89, f. 154-155

  10. Phintella vittata (♂♀, Transferred from Chrysilla)

    Żabka, 1985 Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam: 429, f. 435-441, 453

  11. Phintella vittata (Synonym of Salticus ranjitus)

    Prószyński, 1990 Catalogue of Salticidae (Araneae): synthesis of quotations in the world literature since 1940, with basic taxonomic data since 1758: 281

  12. Phintella vittata (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 1992b Salticidae (Araneae) of India in the collection of the Hungarian National Natural History Museum in Budapest: 200, f. 148-152

  13. Phintella vittata (♂)

    Peng et al., 1993 Salticids in China (Arachnida: Araneae): 164, f. 577-585

  14. Phintella vittata (♂)

    Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 539, f. 308Q

  15. Phintella vittata (♀)

    Sen et al., 2015 Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary: 37, f. 107-111, pl. 13

  16. Phintella vittata (♀)

    Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2016 A treatise on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of tea ecosystem of Dooars, West Bengal, India: 18, f. 15A-E, 25D, 27K

  17. Phintella vittata (♀)

    Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017 Litter and ground dwelling spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars, West Bengal: 34, f. 73-77, pl. 18

  18. Phintella vittata (♂♀)

    Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis reveals a radiation of shiny South Asian jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae): 70, f. 29E-H, 34A-F, 35A-E, 36A-D doi:10.3897/zookeys.839.28312

  19. Phintella vittata (♂♀)

    Tyagi et al., 2019 Identification of Indian spiders through DNA barcoding: cryptic species and species complex: Supplement, f. S2.54, S3.27-30 doi:10.1038/s41598-019-50510-8

  20. Phintella vittata (♂)

    Peng, 2020 Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: 309, f. 222a-i

  21. Phintella vittata (♂♀)

    Sudhin, Caleb & Sen, 2024 Additions to the knowledge on the genus Phintella Strand, 1906 (Araneae, Salticidae, Chrysillini) from India: 39, f. 12A-H, 13A-C doi:10.3897/zse.100.113049

  22. Phintella vittata (♀)

    Logunov, 2024a Salticidae (Araneae) imported to the United Kingdom, with description of a new, non-native, species of Anasaitis Bryant, 1950: 1023, f. 24-26 doi:10.13156/arac.2024.19.7.1036

  23. Phintella vittata (♂♀)

    Biswas, 2025 Jumping spiders of Bangladesh: genus Phintella Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini): 418, f. 2a-f

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for "Phintella" vittata (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Widespread, including South Asia, Singapore, Malaysia (Penang, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Riau), Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, China.

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