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Species Phidippus apacheanus

Phidippus apacheanus - female Orange Jumping Spider - Phidippus apacheanus Female apache - Phidippus apacheanus - female Phidippus apacheanus Jumper 2 - Phidippus apacheanus Phidippus apacheanus? - Phidippus apacheanus Male P. apacheanus? - Phidippus apacheanus - male Phidippus apacheanus - female
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 (purpuratus group)
Species apacheanus (Phidippus apacheanus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Phidippus apacheanus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929
A Latinized adjective that means "of the apache"(1)
Identification
Male/Female


Male P. cardinalis can be distinguished from male P. apacheanus by the lack of the shiny, green chelicerae found in the latter. See images of faces below (P. cardinalis/P. apacheanus):
Range
Massachusetts west to Idaho and south to Florida and California (2)
Season
mostly: Aug-Oct (BG data)
See Also
Phidippus cardinalis
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Jumping Spiders of the Genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae)
G. B. Edwards, Ph.D. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
2.Salticidae of North America, including Mexico
Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.