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Yellow Version - Phidippus apacheanus - female

Yellow Version - Phidippus apacheanus - Female
Portal, Arizona, USA
April 26, 2006
Size: 1/2 inch
I finally found out this is the yellow variation of P.Apacheanus. Thanks to Don!! She stand still on her egg sac and let me take the pictures. She is so cute.

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possibly P. pius
Louis, this may be a regional variation of P. pius. There is "considerable variation in color pattern in this species". The females are typically yellow. It appears that there may be two faint parallel dorsal median stripes down the center of the abdomen. The revision says that these are rarely absent, which would mean that yours may be one of those uncommon variations. If possible, could you post an image from overhead so that we can see the entire dorsum.

 
no markings...
Well, it would have been nice to see two faint parallel markings. The venter, or underside of the abdomen, is a good key in helping to identify phidippus. The pius has a pale venter with three light gray stripes. This will be the only way to determine if that's what we have here. If you could put one of these in a clear container or glass and get a picture of the underside of the abdomen, we may be able to determine what it is that you have. The dorsal image just leaves me wondering.

 
I do believe...
that this may be species that I had previously believed it not to be. This appears to be a variation of P. apacheanus. Females are found throughout the year. Scale cover is sometimes yellow on entire dorsum with venter black. OQ scales yellow, clypeus fringe black. The problem here is that her clypeus fringe isn't black, but that could possibly be a variation of the species. Male regius aren't supposed to have a white clypeus fringe, but they do on rare occasion. However, this appears to be the same species as the other specimen that is posted, which doesn't look like it could be an apache. There seems to be one other species in AZ that is similar to the apache, and that is tyrannus. Only 9 specimens of tyrannus have been recorded, so there's nothing known of it's variation. They are described as having a gray carapace with a white clypeus fringe, and they have a tan scale cover on the entire dorsum with a black venter.

 
Two different species...
is the cause of the problem. This specimen is a P. apacheanus. The source of confusion was cleared up when I recieved a ventral image of the other specimen, which clearly shows its venter. These are good images of the western variation.

She is cute!
You might think about frassing a few of these images, though - nine is an awful lot for one specimen when they don't contain unique information - maybe one with the egg sac and a couple more close-ups from different angles would be enough?
There's no limit on guide space right now, but having so many shots of one specimen makes browsing through the guide more time-consuming for everyone.

 
3 different specimens in 9 pictures
They all looks alike but they are 3 different specimens. Should I seperate their pictures?

 
Yes
Only link images of the same specimen.

 
Okay thanks Jeff
Sorry, I am still new at this website. Did know much about how to post them correctly. Let me do it again tonight.

 
Easy enough to do
- start by tagging all of them and then use the unlink command on the left under the thumbnails that will appear. Then tag (in groups)and link the ones that belong together.

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