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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Colonus |
| Species: | C. puerperus |
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| Colonus puerperus (Hentz, 1846) | |
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Attus puerperus Hentz, 1846 | |
Colonus puerperus is a species of jumping spider commonly found in the eastern United States. Its range stretches along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, and north to Kansas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. It is usually found in grassy areas during the warmer months of the year. Adult females are between 7 and 11 mm (0.3–0.4 in) in length. Adult males are between 5 and 7 mm (0.2–0.3 in).
The species name is from Latin puerperus, "just having born a child" (from puer, child, and pario, give birth).
This species is among the farthest jumping, if not the farthest jumping, species of jumping spiders. The maximum horizontal jump distance of a 6.2 mm male was measured at 23 cm, meaning that C. puerperus is capable of jumping up to 38 times its body length.
References
- ^ "Taxon details Colonus puerperus (Hentz, 1846)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
- ^ Richman, David B.; Richard S. Vetter (2004). "A Review of the Spider Genus Thiodina (Araneae, Salticidae) in the United States". The Journal of Arachnology. 32 (3): 424–426. doi:10.1636/h03-45. S2CID 84978604.
- ^ Howell, W. Mike; Ronald L. Jenkins (2004). Spiders of the Eastern United States: A Photographic Guide. Pearson Education. pp. 336–337.
- ^ Comstock, John Henry (1975) . The Spider Book. Cornell University Press. pp. 678–679.
- Hill, D.E. (23 May 2018). "The jumping behavior of jumping spiders: a review (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Peckhamia. 167 (1).
External links
Media related to Colonus puerperus at Wikimedia Commons- Colonus puerperus at Bugguide.net
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