An agile, small jumping spider found on the ground, on low foliage and in leaf litter in heavily to sparsely vegetated areas in coastal eastern Australia north of Coffs Harbour. Active in autumn and winter when it is often found inside or on the outsides of houses and other built structures. The male is has short white socks on the front legs and broad white bands running down both sides of the abdomen, the sides of the cephalothorax also fringed with white. The front legs of the male also have a fringe of black hairs on the tibia. In both males and females there are prominent white bands on the rear sides of the cephalothorax (along the edge from about midway towards the rear). The male palp has a two ended embolus, a bulging face and a prominent posterior lobe. The female has been determined by proximity to males and exclusion of other species. The blue eyes are visible with the naked eye. The genus Jotus was reinstated in 1989 by Davies & Zabka, after being synonymised with Lycidas by Zabka in 1987. ♀ 6mm ♂ 4mm
- Male adult, Lacey's Creek April 2012, facing
- Male adult, Lacey's Creek April 2012, from side
- Male adult Green Hill Reservoir March 2012 facing
- Male adult Green Hill Reservoir March 2012 from side
- Male adult Green Hill Reservoir March 2012 cephalothorax
- Male adult in alcohol
- Male adult teeth
- Palp showing paired embolus
- Palp from front (ventral)
- Male adult palp from back (dorsal) showing serrated tibial apophysis
- Male face on, blue eyes
- Male from above
- Male 16510 facing
- Female adult, Koala Bushlands Venman Park October 2011
- Female adult Laceys Creek April 2012
- Female adult Laceys Creek April 2012
- Female adult, Lacey's Creek April 2012 epigyne
- Female teeth
- Female adult Walton Bridge Sep 2009
- Female adult Walton Bridge Sep 2009
- Female 20510 epigynum closeup
- Female 18610 from above
- Female 18610 teeth
- Female 18610 epigynum
Male adult, Lacey's Creek April 2012, facing
Male adult, Lacey's Creek April 2012, from side
Male adult Green Hill Reservoir March 2012 facing
Male adult Green Hill Reservoir March 2012 from side
Male adult Green Hill Reservoir March 2012 cephalothorax
Male adult in alcohol
Male adult teeth
Palp showing paired embolus
Palp from front (ventral)
Male adult palp from back (dorsal) showing serrated tibial apophysis
Male face on, blue eyes
Male from above
Male 16510 facing
Female adult, Koala Bushlands Venman Park October 2011
Female adult Laceys Creek April 2012
Female adult Laceys Creek April 2012
Female adult, Lacey's Creek April 2012 epigyne
Female teeth
Female adult Walton Bridge Sep 2009
Female adult Walton Bridge Sep 2009
Female 20510b from side
Female 20510 epigynum closeup
Female 18610 from above
Eyes were blue purple. Leg IV longer (therefore NOT Lycidas / Hypoblemum in the Davies Zabka key).
Female 18610 teeth
Female 18610 epigynum
- Davies T. V., Zabka M. 1989. - Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 27: 189-266
- Spiders of Bendigo and Victoria's Box-Ironbark Country: Jennifer M. Shield. 2001. - The Secretary, Bendigo Field Nauralists Club Inc. PO Box 396, Bendigo 3552 Tel: 5432 2380
- Spiders of Australia: An Introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution: Trevor J. Hawkeswood - New and used through ABE Books
