Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Paraphidippus » Paraphidippus aurantius

Species Paraphidippus aurantius

Jumping Spider - Paraphidippus aurantius - female Jumping Spider with green metallic coloring - Paraphidippus aurantius Jumping spider - Paraphidippus aurantius Spider - Paraphidippus aurantius Spider - Paraphidippus aurantius SE AZ jumping spider - Paraphidippus aurantius - female Jumping Spider - Paraphidippus aurantius Paraphidippus aurantius - male
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 Paraphidippus
Species aurantius (Paraphidippus aurantius)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Modern Latin word for either "orange" or "gold", which comes from medieval Latin aurantium- "orange (the fruit)' (the real Latin word for "gold" is aurum).
Identification
Male

Palp

Female

Epigynum
Range
Delaware east to Nebraska southward but also Arizona and New Mexico south into Mexico. (1)
Internet References
Video of Paraphidippus aurantius 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 Jay Barnes, Hartmut Wisch, cheins, anitagould, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Dick Walton
Last updated 30 December, 2022 - 10:08am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo