Black & White Jumping Spider
S1, Male, Lateral Pivoting
Ellura
Black & White Jumping Spider
S1, Male, anterior
 
                      
Black & White Jumping Spider (Paraplatoides sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)
Order: Spiders (Araneae)
Family: Jumping Spider (Salticidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black & White Jumping Spider (Paraplatoides sp)
This Photo:     S1, Male, Head
Other name: Black and White Jumping Spider

Thank you Ethan Yeoman for identifying and John Douglas for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~6mm long
Notice the 4 spines under each of the front legs, plus a couple on top of each front thigh.
Ethan said "Sandalodes is quite large and robust, whereas Paraplatoides is flattened (when viewed in lateral aspect)."
This one clearly is quite flat.

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.