Four-Lined Slender Jumping Spider
Marpissa lineata (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Chelicerata
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Salticidae
Genus	Marpissa
Species	Marpissa lineata (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Kentucky.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky

Counties

Kentucky: Edmonson

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

United States: NNR
Canada: NU

Subnational ranks

South Carolina: SNR Unranked
Illinois: SNR Unranked
Indiana: SNR Unranked
West Virginia: SNR Unranked
Minnesota: SNR Unranked
Ontario: SU Unrankable

Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

References

Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10

This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.

How to cite this account

Marpissa lineata (C. L. Koch, 1846). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2614. https://cavebiology.org/species/marpissa-lineata/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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