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Attulus floricola

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Attulus floricola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Attulus
Species:
A. floricola
Binomial name
Attulus floricola
(C.L. Koch, 1837)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euophrys floricola C. L. Koch, 1837
  • Phoebe floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Maturna litoralis C. L. Koch, 1850
  • Attus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Euophrys pratincola Ohlert, 1867
  • Attus mancus Thorell, 1873
  • Salticus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Sitticus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Attus sexsignatus Franganillo, 1910
  • Sitticus littoralis Dahl, 1912
  • Sitticus mancus (Thorell, 1873)
  • Attus naucus Simon, 1937
  • Sitticus sexsignatus (Franganillo, 1910)
  • Sittiflor floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Calositticus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)

Attulus floricola is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) with a Palearctic distribution. They are typically 4–4.5 millimetres (0.16–0.18 in) in length. Females are dark reddish brown, with an almost black anterior.[2]

Formerly, it was placed in the genus Sitticus and then from 2017 to 2020 in the genus Calositticus.[1]

Habitat and ecology

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The species lives in bogs, marshes,[3] fen and meadows, on the heads of plants like Eriophorum vaginatum (cotton grass) or similar, on which the spiders occasionally spin their cocoons.[4] In Britain, they can be found from March to September.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Taxon details Attulus floricola (C.L. Koch, 1837)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-06-27
  2. ^ Roberts, Michael J. (1 January 1985). The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-946589-05-0. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  3. ^ Allott, Andrew (27 October 2011). Collins New Naturalist Library (118) – Marches. HarperCollins UK. p. 464. ISBN 978-0-00-745061-9. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ^ British Association for the Advancement of Science (1962). Manchester and Its Region: A Survey Prepared for the Meeting Held in Manchester, August 29 to September 5, 1962. Manchester University Press ND. p. 104. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Sitticus floricola". Britishspiders.org. Retrieved 15 June 2012.