An immature male Marpissa formosa in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/15/2020). Verified by Chad Heins/BugGuide.
A Marpissa formosa in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/23/2021). Verified by Chad Heins/BugGuide.
Marpissa formosa in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/4/2025). (c) aaronr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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An immature male Marpissa formosa in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/15/2020). Verified by Chad Heins/BugGuide.
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A Marpissa formosa in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/23/2021). Verified by Chad Heins/BugGuide.
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Marpissa formosa in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/4/2025). (c) aaronr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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| Marpissa formosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Marpissa |
| Species: | M. formosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Marpissa formosa (Banks, 1892)
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Marpissa formosa is a species of jumping spider. It is found in the eastern United States.[1][2][3][4]
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Adult female dorsal -
Adult female face
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Adult male dorsal
References
[edit]- ^ "Marpissa formosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Marpissa formosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Marpissa formosa". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Marpissa formosa species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
[edit]- Maddison, W. P.; Evans, S. C.; Hamilton, C. A.; Bond, J. E.; et al. (2017). "A genome-wide phylogeny of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae), using anchored hybrid enrichment". ZooKeys (695): 89–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.695.13852. PMC 5673835. PMID 29134008.
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