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Genus: Eris C. L. Koch, 1846 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Eris rufa (C. L. Koch, 1846)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033237

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Described:

Distribution: Canada, USA

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA m of Paraphidippus pineus - (Kaston, 1945a)
Allotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f of Paraphidippus pineus - (Kaston, 1945a)
Paratype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA 2m 1f of Paraphidippus pineus - (Kaston, 1945a)
Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Plexippus rufus C. L. Koch, 1846, (1740) -

Taxonomic References

Plexippus rufus C. L. Koch, 1846: vol. 13: 120, pl. 452, f. 1180 (Df) Original description

Paraphidippus pineus Kaston, 1945a: 11, f. 54-58 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058175]

Paraphidippus pineus Kaston, 1948: 479, f. 1766, 1778, 2128-2130 (mf)

Plexippus rufus Roewer, 1955c: 1635 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Dendryphantes pineus Roewer, 1955c: 1214

Eris pinea Kaston, 1973: 120, f. 58-62 (mf, T from Dendryphantes)

Eris pineus Prószyński, 1976: 150, f. 72-73 (mf)

Paraphidippus pineus Barrion, Amalin & Ulilang, 1984: 5, f. 4 (m; presumably misidentified)

Eris rufa Edwards, 2004: 5 (T from Plexippus, S of Eris pinea)

References

Barrion, A. A., Amalin, D. M. & Ulilang, V. L. (1984). Some jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Mt. Makiling. Philippine Entomologist 6: 1-9. -- Show included taxa

Edwards, G. B. (2004). Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods 11: 1-156. -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1945a). New spiders in the group Dionycha with notes on other species. American Museum Novitates 1290: 1-25. -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1948). Spiders of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey 70: 1-874. -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1973). Four new species of Metaphidippus, with notes on related jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the eastern and central United States. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 92(1): 106-122. doi: 10.2307/3225175 -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, pl. 433-468 (f. 1078-1271); Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88, pl. 467-480 (f. 1272-1342). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1976). Studium systematyczno-zoogeograflczne nad rodziną Salticidae (Aranei) Regionów Palearktycznego i Nearktycznego. Wyższa Szkola Pedagogiczna Siedlcach 6: 1-260. [[pdf is made from a reprint from 1979]] -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

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