Eris

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Dendryphantinae
Genus: Eris
Species: E. bulbosa – E. flava – E. floridana – E. illustris – E. militaris – E. perpacta – E. perpolita – E. riedeli – E. rufa – E. tricolor – E. trimaculata – E. limbata – E. valida
Name

Eris Koch, 1846

Type species: Euophrys humilis C. L. Koch, 1846 [=Eris militaris (Hentz, 1845)]
Homonyms

Eris Pascoe, 1857 = Ereis Pascoe, 1865 (Coleoptera)

References

Koch, C. L. 1846. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234. [217]
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Eris is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It is native to North and South America. As is typical for salticids, they are not defensive. While larger specimens could potentially bite, an envenomation would pose no danger to a human.
Name

The genus name is derived from Eris, the Greek goddess of discord (known as Discordia in Roman mythology).
Species
E. militaris

Eris bulbosa (Karsch, 1880) – Mexico
Eris flava (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – United States to Hispaniola
Eris floridana (Banks, 1904) – USA
Eris illustris C. L. Koch, 1846 – Puerto Rico
Eris limbata – United States
Eris militaris (Hentz, 1845) – USA, Canada, Alaska
Eris perpasta (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
Eris perpolita (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
Eris riedeli (Schmidt, 1971) – Ecuador or Colombia
Eris rufa (C. L. Koch, 1846) – USA
Eris tricolor (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
Eris trimaculata (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
Eris valida (Chickering, 1946) – Panama