Spiny-legged Jumper
The eyes are in four rows, rather than three as in most other salticids. The legs are unusually long and slender, especially in the males, and bear numerous, neatly arranged ventral spines. Male legs are lined with black stripes. The female palp is black with a sash of golden hairs on its inner side.
| Length | ♀ 4–6 mm; ♂ 4–6 mm |
| Type Locality | Amboina, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak), Indonesia (Java, West Sumatra, Maluku), Brunei, Sri Lanka, Japan. |
| Habitat | Tree trunks; walls of man-made structures. |
| Biology | In the laboratory, this spider builds a "web" spun over a simulated tree trunk and rests underneath it. There is, however, no evidence that the web is used as a prey-catching device. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Boethus spinimanus (Original description j)
Spartaeus gracilis (Original description ♂)
Thorell, 1891 Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien: 137
Nealces striatipes (Original description ♂)
Boethus caligatus
Simon, 1901a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 401, f doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Boethus gracilis (Original description ♀)
Boethuola spinimana (superfluous generic replacement name)
Strand, 1929 Zoological and palaeontological nomenclatorical notes: 15
Spartaeus spinimanus (♂♀, Transferred from Boethus, Synonym of Boethus caligatus, B. gracilis and B. striatipes)
Wanless, 1984a A review of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom: 148, f. 3A-F, 4A-G, 30A-D, 33F, 35A
Spartaeus spinimanus (♂)
Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago: 180, f. 134-137 doi:10.15298/arthsel.19.3.05
Spartaeus spinimanus (♂)
Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 114, f. 50X doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak), Indonesia (Java, West Sumatra, Maluku), Brunei, Sri Lanka, Japan.