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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » mystaceus group (Phidippus mystaceus group) » Phidippus asotus
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Phidippus female - Phidippus asotus - female
Copyright © 2021 Ken Schneider

Phidippus female - Phidippus asotus - Female
CA-18 at Cactus Flat pullout, San Bernardino County, California, USA
April 9, 2021
Size: ca 9 mm
I found this female jumper under a rock in a silk retreat and collected it. I reared it in captivity for a while, but it never molted and it turned out to be an adult female - took chilled live photos and euthanized it. Possibly P. asotus, but that is supposed to be a fall-maturing species per GB's monograph and the epigynum doesn't look like a perfect match to his illustration? The epigynum was unfortunately broken during dissection.

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 29 May, 2021 - 1:43pm
Last updated 18 April, 2022 - 8:27pm

Moved
Moved from Phidippus.

Thanks Don!
… Ken Schneider, 18 April, 2022 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

P. asotus
Yes, this is P. asotus. The females sometimes have no mid-ocular carapace markings. As with P. mystaceus and arizonensis, the adults will mature and mate in the fall. Then the females will overwinter and produce eggsacs in the spring.
… Don Cadle, 18 April, 2022 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

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