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title: "Black-headed Jumping Spider"
description: "Trite planiceps — Insetti e ragni. Trite planiceps, commonly known as the black-headed jumping spider, is a common jumping spider (Salticidae) endemic to New Zealand and one of about 150 species of jumping spiders in New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-headed-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Black-headed Jumping Spider

> Trite planiceps — Insetti e ragni. Trite planiceps, commonly known as the black-headed jumping spider, is a common jumping spider (Salticidae) endemic to New Zealand and one of about 150 species of jumping spiders in New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Trite planiceps*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2972
- Wikidata: [Q1645407](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1645407)
- iNaturalist taxon: [409181](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/409181)

## Names

- en: Black-headed Jumping Spider

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (2783)

## Summary

Trite planiceps, commonly known as the black-headed jumping spider, is a common jumping spider (Salticidae) endemic to New Zealand and one of about 150 species of jumping spiders in New Zealand.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jaco Grundling · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6488450

## Machine access

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