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    Sassacus vitis

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    Sassacus vitis
    Male Sassacus vitis
    Female Sassacus vitis
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Subphylum: Chelicerata
    Class: Arachnida
    Order: Araneae
    Infraorder: Araneomorphae
    Family: Salticidae
    Subfamily: Salticinae
    Genus: Sassacus
    Species:
    S. vitis
    Binomial name
    Sassacus vitis
    (Cockerell, 1894)
    Synonyms

    Dendryphantes vitis
    Icius vitis
    Dendryphantes melanomerus
    Dendryphantes apachecus
    Dendryphantes mathetes
    Metaphidippus mathetes
    Dendryphantes melanomerus
    Metaphidippus vitis

    Sassacus vitis is a species of jumping spider. It is native to North America, with a range spanning from Canada to Panama. These spiders are normally no larger than five millimetres, with females being much larger than males, and duller in color.[1]

    References

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    1. ^ Richman, David B. (2008). "Revision of the jumping spider genus Sassacus (Araneae, Salticidae, Dendryphantinae) in North America" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 36 (1): 26–48. doi:10.1636/H07-03.1. ISSN 0161-8202. S2CID 83998396.
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