Animals Named for Richard Archbold - Admestina archboldi, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, 12 February 2007, Fred E. Lohrer.

Archbold Biological Station founded in 1941 by Richard Archbold

Animals named for Richard Archbold: Admestina archboldi Piel (Araneae: Salticidae). A Florida jumping spider.

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Admestina archboldi Piel (Araneae: Salticidae). A Florida jumping spider. Photo by Thomas Eisner.--Piel, W.H. 1991. The Nearctic jumping spiders of the genus Admestina (Araneae: Salticidae). Psyche 98:265-282. -- The type specimen of this spider was collected at Archbold Biological Station on 26 March 1989 by William H. Piel. "This species is named after the founder of the Archbold Biological Station where the holotype was collected." See also; Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library and another image of this spider (Gainesville, Florida).