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

Species Phidippus clarus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · 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 (cardinalis group)
Species clarus (Phidippus clarus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Keyserling, 1885

Latin: "clear, bright"
Identification
Male/Female

Palp

Epigynum (ventral/dorsal)
Range
Common across southern Canada and most of US except the desert SW (1)
Habitat
Old fields, prairies, ag crops, and other low herbaceous vegetation (1)
Season
Males: summer; Females: summer and autumn (1)
Remarks
The female constructs a conspicuous white retreat and egg case near the tops of plants (1)
Internet References
Video of Phidippus clarus by D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Common Spiders of North America
Richard A. Bradley . 2012. University of California Press .
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Chuck Entz, Dick Walton, Marci Hess
Last updated 30 December, 2022 - 2:21pm

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