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Species Phidippus borealis

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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"
Range
BugGuide Records:
Canada:
- Saint Pierre et Miquelon Islands -
- Victoria, British Columbia -

US:
- Montana -
Sanders County
- Wyoming -
Food
Food
Print References
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
Last updated 20 March, 2006 - 6:31am

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