Jumping Spider Identification Key
Behaviorally, jumping spiders are classified under a category of arachnids that do not spin webs and that are diurnal. Jumping spiders have eight differently sized eyes distributed in three rows. Their legs tend to be short and stout. Using color to identify a spider is deemed useful, although most spider species display dull, earth-tone coloration. Size and body build may also be utilized to identify a spider, but these characteristics are not telling enough to distinguish between different scientific families.
Hence, identifying the common jumping spider among spider species may prove challenging without the assistance of an identification key. Also known as the dichotomous key, this method of identification includes family, genus and species. In general taxonomic classification, jumping spiders are found under Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Chelicerata, Class Arachnida and Order Araneae.
While Order Aranaea comprises all genera and species of spiders, general identification keys may help to identify the jumping spider as belonging to the Sub-order Araneomorpho, which contains one pair of booklungs rather than the two common in Mygalomorpha specimens. Under Sub-order Araneomorpha, jumping spiders are classified under Super Family Salticoidea and belong to the Family Salticidae.
Jumping Spiders and Scientific Name
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