melanistic form

Classification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Phidippus-Unknown - Phidippus carneus - female

Large jumping spider - Phidippus carneus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)

Genus Phidippus

No Taxon (insignarius group)

Species carneus (Phidippus carneus)

No Taxon melanistic form

Range

Currently known from New Mexico and Texas.

Remarks

A variation of adult female P. carneus that lacks red coloration and markings, and is primarily black in coloration with reduced markings.

Juveniles may have red coloration, as do adult males. Some females are melanistic at the penultimate instar.

This variation is unusual as most female Phidippus spp. do not have such a drastic color and/or pattern transformation at their final molt. It is quite typical of male Phidippus spp., however.

First guide example from Louis in 2007:

Specimens from 2015

Examples provided by Jeff are offspring from this female:

Melanistic penultimate female

A dark variation, but with red:

Print References

Edwards 2004 pg. 48(1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the Jumping Spiders of the Genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae) G. B. Edwards, Ph.D. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 4 July, 2018 - 3:06pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 27 August, 2018 - 1:48am

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