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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Dendryphantinae » Phidippus » purpuratus group (Phidippus purpuratus group) » Phidippus borealis

Species Phidippus borealis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Subfamily Dendryphantinae
Genus Phidippus
No Taxon (purpuratus group)
Species borealis (Phidippus borealis)
Explanation of Names
Latin for "northern"
Identification
Female:

Epigyne, ventral view
Range
BugGuide Records:
Canada:
- Saint Pierre et Miquelon Islands -
- Victoria, British Columbia -
- Whitecourt, Alberta -

US:
- Montana -
Sanders County
- Wyoming -
Food
Food
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Print References
Internet References
borealis
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Canadian specimen
Canadian Arachnology
Canadian jumpers
Internet References
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 4 December, 2005 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, jsloan
Last updated 13 January, 2010 - 9:55pm

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