Marpissa Explained

Marpissa is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.^[1] The name is derived from Marpissa, an ancient Greek village.

Species

it contains forty-one species, found in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, on the Polynesian Islands, and the Greater Antilles:^[2]

• Marpissa agricola (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) – Brazil
• Marpissa armifera Urquhart, 1892 – New Zealand
• Marpissa balcanica (Kratochvíl, 1932) – Croatia
• Marpissa bina (Hentz, 1846) – United States
• Marpissa bryantae (Jones, 1945) – United States
• Marpissa carinata Butt & Beg, 2000 – Pakistan
• Marpissa dayapurensis Majumder, 2004 – India
• Marpissa dentoides Barnes, 1958 – United States
• Marpissa formosa (Banks, 1892) – United States
• Marpissa fornicis (Dyal, 1935) – Pakistan
• Marpissa gangasagarensis Majumder, 2005 – India
• Marpissa grata (Gertsch, 1936) – United States
• Marpissa hieroglyphica Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
• Marpissa insignis Butt & Beg, 2000 – Pakistan
• Marpissa kalighatensis B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1992 – India
• Marpissa lineata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – United States
• Marpissa linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – China
• Marpissa longiuscula (Simon, 1871) – Ukraine
• Marpissa mashibarai Baba, 2013 – Korea, Japan
• Marpissa melanura F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala
• Marpissa milleri (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Marpissa mirabilis Butt & Beg, 2000 – Pakistan
• Marpissa muscosa (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia)
• Marpissa mystacina Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
• Marpissa nivoyi (Lucas, 1846) – Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia
• Marpissa nutanae B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1984 – India
• Marpissa obtusa Barnes, 1958 – United States
• Marpissa pikei (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) – United States, Mexico, Cuba
• Marpissa pomatia (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, Afghanistan, China, Korea, Japan
• Marpissa prathamae B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1984 – India
• Marpissa proszynskii Biswas & Begum, 1999 – Bangladesh
• Marpissa pulla (Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan
• Marpissa radiata (Grube, 1859) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
• Marpissa raimondi Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
• Marpissa robusta (Banks, 1906) – United States
• Marpissa rubriceps Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
• Marpissa soricina (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
• Marpissa sulcosa Barnes, 1958 – United States
• Marpissa tenebrosa Butt & Beg, 2000 – Pakistan
• Marpissa yawatai Baba, 2013 – Japan
• Marpissa zaitzevi Mcheidze, 1997 – Georgia

External links

• Photograph of M. muscosa
• Photographs of M. muscosa and M. pomatia
• Photograph of M. nivoyi
• Picture of M. bina
• Awesome spiders: Photographs of the elongated M. pikei

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, C. L.. 1846. Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp., Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88. . 1–234. Carl Ludwig Koch.
2. Gen. Marpissa C. L. Koch, 1846. World Spider Catalog. 2024-07-29. 2024. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.