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Semiglaucus Jumping Spider (male)

Siler semiglaucus

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

It looks like a tiny ant with pincers. The colours are not really evident because it is so small. It wasn't till it jumped that I thought spider...and the eyes in the photo clinched it. I couldn't count 8 legs; it scuttled around so fast.

Habitat:

My garden.

Notes:

Interesting information: http://www.drkrishi.com/metallic-jumper/

Reference Links:

http://www.threatenedtaxa.in/index.php/JoTT/article/viewFile/2233/3346/5537

Species ID Suggestions

Semiglaucus Jumping Spider

Siler semiglaucus

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (8)
SukanyaDatta
Oh! WoW...wonderful. Congratulations...how truly wonderful to be the first to report a species for the first time from a country. And I am chuffed that it this spider came knocking on my door...though the photo is nothing to talk about...but to have seen it and to have YOU identify it (plus bayucca too) ...Hmmm, it has been a great day, Thanks again.
sunnyjosef
Yes.. By the way that paper was presented by Siddharth and me :-)
SukanyaDatta
Thanks, sunnyjosef. I asked because the website bayucca referred me to is http://www.threatenedtaxa......
sunnyjosef
This taxon has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List
SukanyaDatta
Thank you, sunnyjosef. Is this a threatened species?
sunnyjosef
Siler semiglaucus male... differentiated by the bottle brush front legs.
bayucca
Salticidae, Heliophaninae, Siler semiglaucus. http://www.threatenedtaxa.in/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2233/3346 http://www.jumping-spiders.com/php/tax_drawings.php?id=4367 http://peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA_126.1.pdf http://www.drkrishi.com/metallic-jumper/ http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/siler/semig-ph.htm http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19764374

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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International Spider Survey
Mission
Arthropods of North East India
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Spiders of India
Mission
Biodiversity of West Bengal, India

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PublishedSeptember 6, 2015

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