Attulus floricola

Attulus floricola is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) with a Palearctic distribution. They are typically 4–4.5 millimetres (0.16–0.18 in) in length. Females are dark reddish brown, with an almost black anterior.[2]

Attulus floricola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Attulus
Species:
A. floricola
Binomial name
Attulus floricola
(C.L. Koch, 1837)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euophrys floricola C. L. Koch, 1837
  • Phoebe floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Maturna litoralis C. L. Koch, 1850
  • Attus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Euophrys pratincola Ohlert, 1867
  • Attus mancus Thorell, 1873
  • Salticus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Sitticus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Attus sexsignatus Franganillo, 1910
  • Sitticus littoralis Dahl, 1912
  • Sitticus mancus (Thorell, 1873)
  • Attus naucus Simon, 1937
  • Sitticus sexsignatus (Franganillo, 1910)
  • Sittiflor floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • Calositticus floricola (C. L. Koch, 1837)

Formerly, it was placed in the genus Sitticus and then from 2017 to 2020 in the genus Calositticus.[1]

Habitat and ecology

The species lives in bogs, marshes,[3] fen and meadows, on the heads of plants like Eriophorum vaginatum (cotton grass) or similar, on which the spiders occasionally spin their cocoons.[4] In Britain, they can be found from March to September.[5]

References
  1. "Taxon details Attulus floricola (C.L. Koch, 1837)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-06-27
  2. Roberts, Michael J. (1 January 1985). The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-946589-05-0. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  3. Allott, Andrew (27 October 2011). Collins New Naturalist Library (118) – Marches. HarperCollins UK. p. 464. ISBN 978-0-00-745061-9. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. British Association for the Advancement of Science (1962). Manchester and Its Region: A Survey Prepared for the Meeting Held in Manchester, August 29 to September 5, 1962. Manchester University Press ND. p. 104. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. "Sitticus floricola". Britishspiders.org. Retrieved 15 June 2012.


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