Grey House Jumper Menemerus bivittatus (Dufour, 1831)
Fauna Portal species: 301
Diagnosis
(after Wesołowska 1999): This species is closely related to M. brevibulbis, M. brachygnathus and M. fulvus. The male may be recognized by the narrower bulbus, shape of the tibial apophysis and the embolus with less bent end. Females of these species have identical form of the epigyne and are impossible to tell apart based on morphological features.
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Distribution
Cosmopolitan tramp species; synanthropic.
Fauna Portal Records
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Similar Species
Publications
(1999): A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus. 10: 251 - 353
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Menemerus bivittatus is similar to, and often found together with M. nigli. Both are typical synanthropic species, i.e. they occur frequently in and around houses on walls and fences. However, they distinctly differ in gential morphology of both males and females and also body colouration, specifically the colour pattern of the abdomen. The embolus of the male pedipalp in M. nigli is much longer than that of M. bivittatus. The female epigyne of M. nigli has characteristic rounded edges internally and a poorly defined anterior margin; in contrast, the M. bivittatus epigyne lacks the internal edges but has a well-defined anterior margin consisting of two arches.