Cyrba algerina

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Cyrba algerina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cyrba
Species:
C. algerina
Binomial name
Cyrba algerina
Lucas, 1846

Cyrba algerina, the Algerian jumping spider, is a species of jumping spider in the subfamily Spartaeinae. [1] [2] Females grow to 4.2 to 6 millimeters, males 3.5 to 4 millimeters in size. It is the only species of Cyrba found in Europe. [3]

Ecology

Cyrba algerina is araneophagic and feeds on web-building spiders, but given a lengthy enough fasting period it will practice entomophagy. [4] It has also displayed web-invading kleptoparasitism and oophagy. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Cyrba algerina (Lucas, 1846)". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Algerian Jumping Spider (Cyrba algerina)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Cyrba algerina (Lucas, 1846)". Jumping spiders of the world. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Jackson, R. R. D. and Li (1 January 1998). "Prey Preferences and Visual Discrimination Ability of Cyrba Algerina, an Araneophagic Jumping Spider (araneae: Salticidae) with Primitive Retinae". Israel Journal of Zoology. 44 (2). doi:10.1080/00212210.1998.10688945.
  5. ↑ Jackson, R. R. D. (1 April 1990). "Predatory versatility and intraspecific interactions of Cyrba algerina and Cyrba ocellata, web-invading spartaeine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 17 (2). doi:10.1080/03014223.1990.10422593.
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