otiosus group

Classification · Identification

White 4th instar - Phidippus regius - male

Jumping Spider - Phidippus otiosus - female

White juvenile male #2 - Phidippus regius - male

Phidippus regius 6th instar - Phidippus regius

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 otiosus group

Identification

Keys for recognizing specimens of Phidippus regius, P. otiosus and P. audax are described in:

Edwards G.B. 1981. The regal jumping spider Phidippus regius (Araneae: Salticidae). Ent. Circ., Florida Dept. Agric. Consumers Service, Gainesville, 223: 1-3, 4 f. (PDF) (HTML)

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 16 October, 2006 - 12:06pm
Additional contributions by Jay Barnes
Last updated 19 June, 2008 - 1:39pm

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