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Jumping spiders of America North of Mexico

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Platycryptus
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These are large, flattened and cryptic salticids found through most of North America.

Platycryptus probably belongs in the complex of primarily-neotropical genera including Metacyrba, Balmaceda, and Breda.

For more information and links to the species, go to Platycryptus in the Tree of Life.

References most relevant to species north of Mexico: Barnes (1958).


Identification

Large, hairy and flattened.

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Habitat

Tree bark, fences, or rock outcrops.

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