Sluggin' Along: Taeniola Jumping Spider

While out searching for subjects, I frequently encounter specimens of Metacyrba taeniola taeniola hunting for things as well. Unlike the other jumpers I've documented (Dendryphantinae and Thiodininae), M. t. taeniola belongs to the subfamily Marpissinae. It's a subspecies of Metacryba taeniola, differentiated from M. t. similis by range (east vs. west), size (larger), and color (femur IV as dark as other femora). They're busy little spiders, and I enjoy watching them. Like Hentzia palmarum, their two front legs are long and muscular. The spinnerets are visible. They have an iridescent greenish-orange band under their big black eyes. I believe the chelicerae may be the same iridescent color. As in Phidippus audax, the male's palps are more swollen than the female's, like boxing gloves.

Male: