Salticidae is the family of Jumping Spiders containing over 600 described genera and over 6000 described species,  making it the largest spider family, with 13% of all species. They have among the best vision of Arthropods, and have 4 pairs of eyes, with the anterior pair especially larger. Perhaps this is why many people who don’t like spiders, still find these ‘cute’.

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Salticidae (JUMPING SPIDERS)

Colonus sylvanus

Eris flava

Eris militaris

Eris species

Habronatus agilis, coecatus, cognatus

Hentzia mitrata

Hentzia palmarum

Maeiva inclemens

Marpissa formosa

Messua felix or limbata or ?

Naphrys pulex

Paraphidippus aurantius

Pelegrina galathea, insignis

Pelegrina proterva

Pelegrina species

Phidippus audax

Phidippus clarus

Phidippus princeps, putnami, mystaceus, whitmani

Platycryptus undatus

Plexippus paykulli

Phidippus clarus

Sassacus papenhoei

Synemosyna formica

Terralonus~

Tutelina elegans

Tutelina harti, similis

Zygoballus rufipes

Anasaitis canosa

Gheina barrowsi~

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