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

Species Phidippus whitmani

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 (johnsoni group)
Species whitmani (Phidippus whitmani)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Peckham & Peckham, 1909
Identification
Male/Female


There appears to be a melanistic version in the southern parts of its range.
Range
Newfoundland west to North Dakota and south to Florida and Texas (1)
Internet References
Video of Phidippus whitmani by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Dick Walton
Last updated 31 December, 2022 - 12:18pm

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