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Phintella vittata
Banded Phintella
Metallic Banded Jumping Spider
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PLOT :
I was waiting for my friend below his building and suddenly i observed some motion in the bush near to gate of his society. I went there with curiosity and my instinct was saying that there should be a Spider. And What a Surprise that i got this Amazing Banded Spider in those bushes. But unfortunately, there was no camera with me; so i called my friend to bring his camera.... and and i loosed concentration on that spider and he ran away somewhere and i was unable to get it again. So i left the place and came back after some 30 mins and I got it once again ! Then whatever i had done to get his pics i would call it as Gymnastic ! This spider was constantly jumping at every possible location but i got it finally ! Yes !
This jumping spider has shiny metallic bands and black bands over its
chepalothorax and abdomen. The legs are semi transparrent in light green
color. The metallic bands of this spider had been recognized enable to
reflect UVB light and used by this spider in mating displays. The size
of this spider is about 3mm.
Special Feature
Jumping spiders (Phintella vittata) can see ultraviolet B light, the first animals shown to have this capability.
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Heliophaninae
Genus:
Phintella
Species :
P. vittata
Binomial name :
Phintella vittata (C. L. Koch, 1846)
Source : 1)http://potokito-myshot.blogspot.in/2012/05/metallic-banded-jumping-spider.html 2)http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2008/05/01-02.html
