Jotus ravus

Jotus ravus is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Jotus ravus
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Jotus
Species:	J. ravus
Binomial name
Jotus ravus (Urquhart, 1893)
Synonyms
Attus ravus

Taxonomy

This species was described at Attus ravus by Arthur Urquhart from a male specimen.^[2]

Description

The male is recorded at 5.9mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured chestnut brown. The legs are brownish yellow. The abdomen is greyish.^[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from Wellington, New Zealand.^[3]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".^[4]