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Aelurillus v-insignitus
	male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Aelurillus
Species:	A. v-insignitus
Binomial name
	Aelurillus v-insignitus; (Clerck, 1757)
Synonyms
	Araneus litera v insignitus; Araneus litera v notatus; Aranea navaria; Aranea insignita; Aranea punctata; Aranea litterata; Attus litteratus; Attus quinquepartitus; Attus insignitus; Salticus quinquepartitus; Euophrys quinquepartitus; Attus quinquefidus; Dia quinquepartita; Salticus nidicolens; Attus v-insignitus; Pandora litterata; Dia quinquefida; Euophrys insignitus; Yllenus v-insignitus; Aelurops insignitus; Aelurops v-insignitus; Ictidops v-insignitus; Aelurillus insignitus; Phlegra v-insignita; Phlegra v-insignitus

Aelurillus v-insignitus is a species of jumping spiders.

Appearance

The male has v-shaped rows of hairs on its head and a pronounced white median stripe on its abdomen. The female is mottled brown. The spider can reach a length of 4–7 millimetres (0.16–0.28 in).

Name

Insignitus is Latin for "signed", because of the white chevron on the back of the male spider, which is in the form of the letter "V". This letter was originally spelled one v above another V,^[1] which could also be interpreted as a double V or W, but usually is interpreted as "V".^[2]

Distribution

A. v-insignitus occurs in the Palaearctic. It is the only Aelurillus species that occurs in northwestern Europe.

References

^ p. 121 in Clerck, C. 1757. Svenska Spindlar uti sina hufvud-slågter indelte samt under några och sextio särskildte arter beskrefne och med illuminerade figurer uplyste. - Aranei Svecici, descriptionibus et figuris æneis illustrati, ad genera subalterna redacti, speciebus ultra LX determinati. - pp. [1-8], 1-154, pl. 1-6. Stockholmiæ. (L. Salvii).
^ Norman I. Platnick. "The World Spider Catalog, Version 11.0". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 12, 2010. Salticidae