Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826)

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2017, Remarks on the genus Plexippus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Araneae: Salticidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 13, pp. 39-69 : 61

Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826)

Figures 2 A-F, U, 4A, 5L-L1, 7M

Only selected quotation of one of most frequently cited species:

Attus paykullii Audouin, 1826: 409 , pl. 7, f. 22 (Dm).

Euophrys vetusta C. L. Koch, 1846: 219 , f. 1264 (Df) syn. n.

Plexippus paykulli Peckham & Peckham, 1886: 296 .

Plexippus paykulli Zabka, 1985: 432 , f. 458-463 (mf).

Plexippus paykulli Prószyński, 1987: 80 (mf).

Plexippus paykulli Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987: 116 , f. 222-227 (mf).

Euophrys vetusta Prószyński, 1987: 25 (f; "= Plexippus sp. ").

Plexippus paykulli Prószyński, 2003: 144 , f. 577-578, 583, 587-588 (mf).

Plexippus paykulli Żabka & Gardzińska, 2017: 232 , f. 1A- F, 2A-F (mf).

Documentation studied. Summary of world's literature provided by "Monograph of Salticidae ( Araneae ) of the World 1995-2016. Part I & 2" by Prószyński (2016 a, b) and current literature.

Remarks. Perfectly known species, not requiring additional description. Some confusion in photographs and description of males is caused by disappearance of whitish streaks on male eyefield and face, becoming transparent without isolating layer of air when examined in alcohol, that can be reversed by taking specimens out from alkohol and drying them temporarily up. Total body lengt of male is 8.40 mm, of female 10.00 mm (exemplary specimen Żabka 1990: 172).

Distribution cosmopolitan in warmer areas of the world, in cooler climatic zones can be found in hothouses.

Figures

Figure 2a. Color pattern and body shape of species of Plexippus.A-D - Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826) males, E-F - P. paykulli female - dorsal & frontal view, epigyne, G - P. setipes-1, H-I - P. setipes Karsch, 1879, Japan, epigyne (no data), J - P. petersi (Karsch, 1878) Kenya, K-L - P. petersi Queensland female and epigyne.