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{{Short description|Family of spiders}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Eocene]] to [[Holocene|Present]], {{Fossil range|54|0|earliest=65}} Possible [[Paleocene]] record | taxon = Salticidae | name = Jumping spiders | image = PlatycryptusUndatusFemale.jpg | image_caption = Adult female ''[[Platycryptus undatus]]'' | authority = [[John Blackwall|Blackwall]], 1841 | diversity_link = List of Salticidae genera | diversity = 600+ genera, 6000+ species | range_map = Distribution.salticidae.1.png | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See [[List of Salticidae genera]]. }} '''Jumping spiders''' are a group of [[spider]]s that constitute the [[family (biology)|family]] '''Salticidae'''. {{as of|2019}}, this family contained over 600 [[species description|described]] [[genus|genera]] and over 6,000 described [[species]],<ref name=WSC/> making it the largest family of spiders{{snd}}comprising 13% of spider species.<ref name=PengTsoLi02/> Jumping spiders have some of the best [[visual perception|vision]] among [[arthropod]]s β being capable of [[stereoptic]] [[color vision]] β and use sight in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats or crossing long gaps. Both their [[book lung]]s and [[Invertebrate trachea|tracheal system]] are well-developed, and they use both systems (bimodal breathing). Jumping spiders are generally recognized by their eye pattern. All jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes, with the [[Anatomical terms of location|anterior median]] pair (the two front middle eyes) being particularly large.
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