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title: "Common Hentz Jumping Spider"
description: "Hentzia palmarum — Insects & spiders. Hentzia palmarum, the common hentz jumper, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-hentz-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Hentz Jumping Spider

> Hentzia palmarum — Insects & spiders. Hentzia palmarum, the common hentz jumper, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.

- Scientific name: *Hentzia palmarum*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10511
- Wikidata: [Q1865929](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1865929)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153839](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153839)

## Names

- en: Common Hentz Jumping Spider
- es: Saltarina rayada de mandíbulas largas

## Countries with the most observations

US (6599), CA (263), MX (96), DO (25), HN (7), BM (6), JM (4), TT (4)

## Summary

Hentzia palmarum, the common hentz jumper, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in North America, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Cuba.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentzia_palmarum

## Photo

![Common Hentz Jumping Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-hentz-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ken Kneidel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/382401591

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-hentz-jumping-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).