Yaginumaella badongensis

Description

Family Salticidae

Jumping spiders get their name from the sometimes spectacular leaps they make when pouncing on prey or simply hopping about in the foliage . They are very small to medium sized spiders 3-15mm (1/8 -- 5/8") long. Their eight eyes are arranged in 3 rows - the first row near the midline contains the largest pair, which faces forward in the manner of predatory animals requiring binocular vision, and a second, smaller pair outboard of those, also facing forward and slightly upward. The second row of eyes is very mach smaller and facing upwards and only slightly forward. Our page on the bold jumping spider, Phidippus audax has many pictures showing the jumping spider's eye arrangement. The jumping spiders have the most acute eyesight of all spiders.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Arachnomorpha () - Heider, 1913
        Infraphylum: Cheliceriformes ()
        Superclass: Chelicerata ()
        Epiclass: Euchelicerata ()
        Class: Arachnida () - Cuvier, 1812 - Arachnids
        Subclass: Micrura ()
        Order: Araneae () - Clerck, 1757 - Spiders
        Suborder: Opisthothelae ()
        Infraorder: Araneomorphae ()
        Superfamily: Salticoidea ()
        Family: Salticidae () - Jumping Spiders
        Genus: Yaginumaella ()
        Specific name: badongensis - Song & Chai, 1992
        Scientific name: - Yaginumaella badongensis Song & Chai, 1992

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Platnick N.I., 15-Jul-2004

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Yaginumaella

There are approximately 39 species in this genus:

Y. badongensis · Y. bhutanica · Y. bilaguncula · Y. cambridgei · Y. flexa · Y. gogonaica · Y. helvetorum · Y. hybrida · Y. hyogoensis · Y. incognita · Y. intermedia · Y. lobata · Y. longnanensis · Y. medvedevi · Y. montana · Y. nanyuensis · Y. nepalica · Y. nobilis · Y. nova · Y. orientalis · Y. originalis · Y. pilosa · Y. senchalensis · Y. silvatica · Y. simoni · Y. stemmleri · Y. strandi · Y. striatipes · Y. supina · Y. tenella · Y. tenzingi · Y. thakkholaica · Y. thimphuica · Y. urbanii · Y. ususudi · Y. variformis · Y. versicolor · Y. wangdica · Y. wuermli

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Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3545954
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ara-116135
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2048703
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 210426