Phintella arenicolor
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| Phintella arenicolor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Phintella |
| Species: | P. arenicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Phintella arenicolor (Grube, 1861) | |
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Phintella arenicolor is a jumping spider species in the genus Phintella found in the Russian Far East, China, Korea, and Japan.[1] It belongs to the tribe Chrysillini, which is ubiquitous across most continents.
Phintella arenicolor was originally described by Adolph Eduard Grube in 1861 as Attus arenicolor.[2] The species has undergone numerous taxonomic revisions and has been placed in several different genera throughout its taxonomic history, including Maevia, Jotus, Sitticus, Dexippus, and Icius, before being definitively placed in Phintella by Logunov and Wesołowska in 1992.[3]
The species was previously synonymized with Phintella castriesiana by Prószyński in 1979, but this synonymy was later rejected after renewed examination of the type material revealed that P. arenicolor constitutes a valid species.[3]
Distribution
P. arenicolor is widely distributed across East Asia. It has been recorded from the Russian Far East, China, Korea, and Japan. In China, the species has been found in multiple provinces including Jilin, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. The species has also been reported from Romania, Russia, and Japan based on collection records.[1]