Marpissa

Marpissa is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.

Species

it contains forty-one species, found in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, on the Polynesian Islands, and the Greater Antilles:

• Marpissa agricola <small>(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894)</small> – Brazil
• Marpissa armifera <small>Urquhart, 1892</small> – New Zealand
• Marpissa balcanica <small>(Kratochvíl, 1932)</small> – Croatia
• Marpissa bina <small>(Hentz, 1846)</small> – United States
• Marpissa bryantae <small>(Jones, 1945)</small> – United States
• Marpissa carinata <small>Butt & Beg, 2000</small> – Pakistan
• Marpissa dayapurensis <small>Majumder, 2004</small> – India
• Marpissa dentoides <small>Barnes, 1958</small> – United States
• Marpissa formosa <small>(Banks, 1892)</small> – United States
• Marpissa fornicis <small>(Dyal, 1935)</small> – Pakistan
• Marpissa gangasagarensis <small>Majumder, 2005</small> – India
• Marpissa grata <small>(Gertsch, 1936)</small> – United States
• Marpissa hieroglyphica <small>Taczanowski, 1878</small> – Peru
• Marpissa insignis <small>Butt & Beg, 2000</small> – Pakistan
• Marpissa kalighatensis <small>B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1992</small> – India
• Marpissa lineata <small>(C. L. Koch, 1846)</small> – United States
• Marpissa linzhiensis <small>Hu, 2001</small> – China
• Marpissa longiuscula <small>(Simon, 1871)</small> – Ukraine
• Marpissa mashibarai <small>Baba, 2013</small> – Korea, Japan
• Marpissa melanura <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901</small> – Guatemala
• Marpissa milleri <small>(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894)</small> – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Marpissa mirabilis <small>Butt & Beg, 2000</small> – Pakistan
• Marpissa muscosa <small>(Clerck, 1757)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia)
• Marpissa mystacina <small>Taczanowski, 1878</small> – Peru
• Marpissa nivoyi <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia
• Marpissa nutanae <small>B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1984</small> – India
• Marpissa obtusa <small>Barnes, 1958</small> – United States
• Marpissa pikei <small>(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888)</small> – United States, Mexico, Cuba
• Marpissa pomatia <small>(Walckenaer, 1802)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, Afghanistan, China, Korea, Japan
• Marpissa prathamae <small>B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1984</small> – India
• Marpissa proszynskii <small>Biswas & Begum, 1999</small> – Bangladesh
• Marpissa pulla <small>(Karsch, 1879)</small> – Russia (Far East), China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan
• Marpissa radiata <small>(Grube, 1859)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
• Marpissa raimondi <small>Taczanowski, 1878</small> – Peru
• Marpissa robusta <small>(Banks, 1906)</small> – United States
• Marpissa rubriceps <small>Mello-Leitão, 1922</small> – Brazil
• Marpissa soricina <small>(Thorell, 1899)</small> – Cameroon
• Marpissa sulcosa <small>Barnes, 1958</small> – United States
• Marpissa tenebrosa <small>Butt & Beg, 2000</small> – Pakistan
• Marpissa yawatai <small>Baba, 2013</small> – Japan
• Marpissa zaitzevi <small>Mcheidze, 1997</small> – Georgia

References

External links

• Photograph of M. muscosa
• Photographs of M. muscosa and M. pomatia
• Photograph of M. nivoyi
• Picture of M. bina
• Awesome spiders: Photographs of the elongated M. pikei