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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » cardinalis group (Phidippus cardinalis group) » Cardinal Jumper (Phidippus cardinalis)

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Copyright © 2010 Joe Lapp

P. cardinalis? - dorsal - Phidippus cardinalis -

Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 4, 2010
Size: 10mm

I'm pretty sure this is P. cardinalis. I was wavering because it's identical to several images under P. apacheanus, but now I'm thinking those images in P. apacheanus are incorrect.

We might want to revisit the P. apacheanus pages in light of these bits from Edwards 2004: (1) The P. apacheanus male abdomen has "scale cover yellow on entire dorsum. Venter gray." (2) P. apacheanus has bright green chelicerae.

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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 7 October, 2010 - 10:50pm
Last updated 8 October, 2010 - 9:36am

Moved

Moved from Phidippus.

… Joe Lapp, 8 October, 2010 - 9:36am

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Yes, good point about the chelicerae. GB writes about P. cardinalis on p. 65 that "males lack the bright green chelicerae seen in other mostly red species, e.g., P. apacheanus."

Is it mature? Looks like it might be. If so, why don't you sacrifice it to science and take a look at the pedipalp (but you'll need lots of light). It would be nice to have a sure answer to this.

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 8 October, 2010 - 6:55am

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Yes, it's mature. Why not sa

Yes, it's mature. Why not sacrifice? I've got what may be a female, and I'd like to play.

… Joe Lapp, 8 October, 2010 - 8:29am

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I see. Then we'll just have t

I see. Then we'll just have to wait. :-)

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 8 October, 2010 - 8:47am

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Confirmed

I have confirmation from G.B. Edwards. P. cardinalis it is. I'll move it.

… Joe Lapp, 8 October, 2010 - 9:35am

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Joe Lapp, 7 October, 2010 - 11:38pm

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