Nearctic States & Provinces: CT MO NJ OK SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/33894
Hentzia palmarum (Hentz, 1832)
FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841
Genus: Hentzia Marx, 1883
Species: Hentzia palmarum (Hentz, 1832)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
jumping spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America, Bermuda, Bahama Is., Cuba
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CT MO NJ OK SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
stalkers
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Murray, Tom
Credit: larvalbug,
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Epiblemum palmarum Hentz 1832 |
| Hentzia palmarum Hentz 1832 |
| Attus ambiguus Walckenaer 1837 |
| Attus marginatus Walckenaer 1837 |
| Epiblemum palmarum Hentz 1846 |
| Epiblemum palmarum Peckham & Peckham 1883 |
| Hentzia palmarum Marx 1883 |
| Icius palmarum Peckham & Peckham 1888 |
| Icius palmarum Emerton 1891 |
| Anoka palmarum Peckham & Peckham 1894 |
| Anoka palmarum Simon 1901 |
| Icius palmarum Emerton 1902 |
| Wala palmarum Peckham & Peckham 1909 |
| Wala palmarum Comstock 1912 |
| Hentzia ambiguus Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Hentzia palmarum Chickering 1944 |
| Hentzia palmarum Kaston 1948 |
| Eris marginata Prószynski 1971 |
| Hentzia palmarum Oehler 1980 |
| Hentzia palmarum Maddison 1986 |
| Hentzia palmarum Richman 1989 |
| Hentzia palmarum Breene et al. 1993 |
| Hentzia palmarum Maddison 1996 |
Taxonomic References†
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Chickering, A. M. 1944. The Salticidae of Michigan. Pap. Michig. Acad. Sci. 29: 139-222.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1891. New England spiders of the family Attidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 220-252.
Hentz, N. M. 1846. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 352-370.
Hentz, N. M. 1832. On North American spiders. Sillimans J. Sci. Arts 21: 99-122.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Maddison, W. 1986. Distinguishing the jumping spiders Eris militaris and Eris flava in North America (Araneae: Salticidae). Psyche, Camb. 93: 141-149.
Maddison, W. P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 154: 215-368.
Marx, G. 1883. Araneina. In Howard, L. O. (ed.), A list of the invertebrate fauna of South Carolina. Charleston, pp. 21-26.
Oehler, C. M. 1980. Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Cincinnati region of Ohio, including Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties. Ohio biol. Surv. biol. Notes 13: 1-36.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1909. Revision of the Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Ac. Sci. Arts Let. 16(1): 355-655.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1894. Spiders of the Marptusa group. Occ. Pap. nat. Hist. Soc. Wiscons. 2: 85-156.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1888. Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 7: 1-104.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1883. Descriptions of new or little known spiders of the family Attidae from various parts of the United States of North America. Milwaukee, pp. 1-35.
Prószynski, J. 1971. Catalogue of Salticidae (Aranei) specimens kept in major collections of the world. Annls zool. Warsz. 28: 367-519.
Richman, D. B. 1989. A revision of the genus Hentzia (Araneae, Salticidae). J. Arachnol. 17: 285-344.
Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 381-668.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptčres. Paris, 1: 1-682.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/SALTICIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Hentzia Marx, 1883‡‡
H. chekika Richman, 1989 ...............USA, Bahama Is., Cuba
H. elegans (Keyserling, 1885) ...............North America
H. grenada (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) ...............USA
H. mitrata (Hentz, 1846) ...............USA, Canada, Bahama Is.
H. pima Richman, 1989 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution