Attulus pubescens

Attulus pubescens is a species of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). Until 2017, it was known as Sitticus pubescens.^[1]

Attulus pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Attulus
Species:	A. pubescens
Binomial name
Attulus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
Sitticus pubescens Dahl, 1926 Sittipub pubescens Prószyński, 2017a Hypositticus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)

Description

Females have a body length of up to about 5 mm (3⁄16 in), males being slightly shorter at around 4 mm (5⁄32 in), with a smaller abdomen. Both are darkish in colour with variable white markings. Identification is based on the precise structure of the female epigyne and the male palpal bulb.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

A. pubescens is native to Europe (including England and Wales^[2]), and from North Africa through to Turkey and Afghanistan. It has been introduced to the United States.^[1] The species is often associated with people, being found on walls and fences and sometimes inside houses. Away from dwellings, it is also found under stones and on tree trunks.^[2]