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Encyclopedia > Eris (spider)
?Eris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Genus: Eris
C. L. Koch, 1846
Species

see text Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Acarina Amblypygi Araneae Opiliones Palpigradi Pseudoscorpionida Ricinulei Schizomida Scorpiones Solifugae Uropygi The arachnids, Arachnida, are a class of invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. ... Diversity 111 families, 40,000 species Suborders Mesothelae Mygalomorphae Araneomorphae  See Table of Families Wikispecies has information related to: Spiders A South-American Argiope Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals with two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. ... Genera Bagheera Corythalia Eris Freya Ghelna Habronattus Hentzia Lyssomanes Maevia Marpissa Messua Metacyrba Naphrys Paramarpissa Paraphidippus Phidippus Portia Salticus Sarinda Sassacus Sitticus Synemosyna Thiodina Zygoballus and many others The jumping spiders (Salticidae) are a family of spiders containing more than 4,000 species. ...

Eris is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Diversity 111 families, 40,000 species Suborders Mesothelae Mygalomorphae Araneomorphae  See Table of Families Wikispecies has information related to: Spiders A South-American Argiope Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals with two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Genera Bagheera Corythalia Eris Freya Ghelna Habronattus Hentzia Lyssomanes Maevia Marpissa Messua Metacyrba Naphrys Paramarpissa Paraphidippus Phidippus Portia Salticus Sarinda Sassacus Sitticus Synemosyna Thiodina Zygoballus and many others The jumping spiders (Salticidae) are a family of spiders containing more than 4,000 species. ...


Etymology

From Eris, the Greek goddess of discord or strife (known as Discordia in Roman mythology). Eris (ca. ... Greek mythology consists in part of a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. ... Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ...


Species

  • Eris bulbosa (Karsch, 1880) (Mexico)
  • Eris flava (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) (USA to Hispaniola)
  • Eris floridana (Banks, 1904) (USA)
  • Eris illustris C. L. Koch, 1846 (Puerto Rico)
  • Eris militaris (Hentz, 1845) (USA, Canada, Alaska)
  • Eris perpacta (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)
  • Eris perpolita (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)
  • Eris riedeli (Schmidt, 1971) (Ecuador or Colombia)
  • Eris rufa (C. L. Koch, 1846) (USA)
  • Eris tricolor (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Mexico)
  • Eris trimaculata (Banks, 1898) (Mexico)
  • Eris valida (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)

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