Spiders of North Carolina

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View	SALTICIDAE Members:	NC Records
Synageles bishopi Cutler, 1988 - a jumping spider

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Taxonomy

Order: ARANEAE	Infraorder: ARANEOMORPHAE	Family: SALTICIDAE
Comments: Named after Sherman C. Bishop, arachnologist (and herpetologist) from the eastern United States in the first half of the twentieth century.

Identification

Online Description/Photos:	BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF
Comments: Sympatric with S. (G.) noxiosus in the eastern half of the Unite d States. Males may be distinguished from S. (G.) noxiosus by the long, dorsal retrolateral cusp of the palpal tibial apophysis, which is from 1 .5-2 times the length of the ventral retrolateral cusp . In S. (G.) noxiosus the cusps are subequal in length . Females have a broad single notch on the posterior margin of th e epigynum, and the orientation of the internal epigynal tubes is different from tha t in S. (G.) noxiosus.

Distribution in North Carolina

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Adult phenology: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Habitats are : on bark of ponderosa pine, on elm tree, on fence an d bushes by stream in forest, in grass and litter of old yard, under logs on gravel, i n house, and on side of house .

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Abundance/Frequency: Adults have been collected from March to July, October and December. Most were collected from May to July.

Status in North Carolina

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Synageles bishopi Cutler, 1988 - a jumping spider