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title: "Hammer-jawed Jumping Spider"
description: "Zygoballus rufipes — Insetos e aranhas. Zygoballus rufipes, commonly called the hammerjawed jumper, is a species of jumping spider which occurs in the United States, Canada, and Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/hammer-jawed-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Hammer-jawed Jumping Spider

> Zygoballus rufipes — Insetos e aranhas. Zygoballus rufipes, commonly called the hammerjawed jumper, is a species of jumping spider which occurs in the United States, Canada, and Central America.

- Scientific name: *Zygoballus rufipes*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3246
- Wikidata: [Q2676999](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2676999)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153517](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153517)

## Names

- en: Hammer-jawed Jumping Spider
- es: Saltarina quijada de martillo

## Countries with the most observations

US (1441), CA (18), MX (4)

## Summary

Zygoballus rufipes, commonly called the hammerjawed jumper, is a species of jumping spider which occurs in the United States, Canada, and Central America. Adult females are 4.3 to 6 mm in body length, while males are 3 to 4 mm.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160848330

## Machine access

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