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title: "Stern Jumping Spider"
description: "Clynotis severus — Insects & spiders. Clynotis is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae, or jumping spiders, contained within the subfamily Marpissinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/stern-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Stern Jumping Spider

> Clynotis severus — Insects & spiders. Clynotis is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae, or jumping spiders, contained within the subfamily Marpissinae.

- Scientific name: *Clynotis severus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1363
- Wikidata: [Q1826265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1826265)
- iNaturalist taxon: [510811](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510811)

## Names

- en: Stern Jumping Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1075)

## Summary

Clynotis is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae, or jumping spiders, contained within the subfamily Marpissinae. They are found across Australia and New Zealand, with some species occupying the Auckland Islands and one found exclusively on Snares Island. There are eight species currently described within the genus, the earliest noted being the type species Clynotis severus, first described in Queensland, New South Wales, Australia in 1879 by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch. The most recent was described in 1931 by Lucien Berland. Two other species previously held within the genus were subsequently reclassified…

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

## Photo

![Stern Jumping Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/stern-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/323196597

## Machine access

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