Neon levis

Species of spider

Neon levis

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Infraorder:  | Araneomorphae
Family:  | Salticidae
Subfamily:  | Salticinae
Genus:  | Neon
Species:  |

N. levis

Binomial name
Neon levis

(Simon, 1871)

Synonyms

Attus levis
Neon laevis

Neon levis is a jumping spider with palearctic distribution,[1] occurring in Southern and Western Europe, northern Africa and Xinjiang (China).[2] Females reach a size of up to 3 mm, males up to 2.5 mm. They are of a light yellowish-brown color, the legs having a light-dark annulation. Adult animals can be found in Germany from March to July.[3]

These spiders occur in sunny, dry locations with little vegetation. In Germany the species is considered endangered.[3]

## Name

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The species name is derived from Latin laevis "smooth, light".

## References

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1. ^ Platnick, N. I. (2006). The world spider catalog, version 7.0. American Museum of Natural History
2. ^ Proszynski, J. (1997). Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library.
3. ^ a b Bellmann, H. (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Kosmos. p.230

## External links

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* Diagnostic drawings, picture

Taxon identifiers

Neon levis|

* Wikidata: Q1646663
* Araneae: 647
* BioLib: 954
* CoL: 46NFG
* EoL: 1213203
* EUNIS: 227511
* Fauna Europaea: 352762
* Fauna Europaea (new): 81d3b74d-fb6a-40bf-8290-f396b4cbb6dd
* GBIF: 2171774
* iNaturalist: 542369
* IRMNG: 10481229
* ITIS: 884426
* NCBI: 2882453
* Open Tree of Life: 3545544
* WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034966

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