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title: "Kustspringspin"
description: "Attulus distinguendus — Insecten en spinnen. Attulus distinguendus, also called the distinguished jumper spider, is a species of spider in the family Salticidae, the jumping spiders."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/distinguished-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kustspringspin

> Attulus distinguendus — Insecten en spinnen. Attulus distinguendus, also called the distinguished jumper spider, is a species of spider in the family Salticidae, the jumping spiders.

- Scientific name: *Attulus distinguendus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 367
- Wikidata: [Q116263604](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116263604)
- iNaturalist taxon: [780967](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/780967)

## Names

- en: Distinguished Jumping Spider
- fr: Attulus distingué
- nl: Kustspringspin

## Countries with the most observations

DE (66), DK (41), FR (36), RU (27), UA (26), PL (24), IT (21), KZ (12), NL (7), AT (4), GB (4), LT (3)

## Summary

Attulus distinguendus, also called the distinguished jumper spider, is a species of spider in the family Salticidae, the jumping spiders. Until 2017, it was placed in the genus Sitticus. It inhabits central and western Europe, the Palaearctic region, and eastern Asia.

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

## Photo

![Kustspringspin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/distinguished-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Gabler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56342573

## Machine access

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