Global InformationEvarcha ignea information
| Evarcha ignea | |
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| The related Evarcha arcuata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Evarcha |
| Species: | E. ignea
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| Binomial name | |
| Evarcha ignea Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008
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Evarcha ignea is a species of jumping spider in the genus Evarcha that lives in Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe. It is ground-dwelling spider, thriving in leaf litter, but has also been observed living on the walls of houses. The species was first described in 2008 by Wanda Wesołowska and Meg Cumming, although the female was not described until the year after. The spider is small, with a rounded cephalothorax that is usually between 1.9 and 2.5 mm (0.07 and 0.10 in) long and an ovoid abdomen that is between 1.6 and 2.2 mm (0.06 and 0.09 in) long. The female is slightly larger than the male. It is also lighter. The male has a mostly dark brown carapace and russet-brown abdomen, while the female's carapace is whitish-yellow and abdomen creamy. The male spider's face, or clypeus, is covered in bright scarlet scale-like hairs, which gives the spider its name, which can be translated "fiery". This is similar to the related Evarcha bakorensis. To distinguish this species from others in the genus, it is necessary to compare their copulatory organs. The male Evarcha ignea has a distinctive small notch on the spike, or apophysis, that emanates from its palpal tibia. The female has shorter insemination ducts than other species, and spermathecae that have a large first chamber.