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Species Phidippus whitmani

Phidippus whitmani? - Phidippus whitmani

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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