Plexippus clemens is a species of jumping spiders that lives in Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Libya, Turkey and Yemen. Originally placed in the genus Salticus by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1872, the species was transferred into the genus Euophrys by Eugène Simon in 1876, into Menemerus by Jerzy Prószyński in 1984, and eventually into Plexippus by Prószyński in 2003.
Synonyms
Synonyms for the species include: Plexippus bhutani Zabka, 1990 Plexippus similis Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 Plexippus tectonicus Prószyński, 2003 Plexippus yinae Peng & Li, 2003
Description
The male Plexippus clemens has a shield shaped carapace that is dark brown colored and covered by white hairs. Its cephalic region is black with a small patch of white hairs just above its anterior median eyes. Its thoracic region is a broad white patch connected to posterior white margins. Its legs are yellow and brown with dark brown blotches. It has an abdomen oval that is blackish brown with a broad yellowish white median longitudinal band and a white margin.
Distribution
Plexippus clemens is found in India, Algeria, China, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Yemen, Iran, and Pakistan. In India, it was newly recorded in Gujarat in 2021 and previously in Karnataka.