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

Species Phidippus princeps

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
Phidippus pulcherrimus - Phidippus princeps P. princeps - Phidippus princeps - male Phidippus princeps? - Phidippus princeps - female Salticidae sp - Phidippus princeps Phidippus princeps - subadult male - Phidippus princeps - male Jumping Spider? - Phidippus princeps Salticidae - Phidippus princeps Jumping Spider - Phidippus princeps
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 (audax group)
Species princeps (Phidippus princeps)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
'Latin adjective, princeps, foremost'(1)
Numbers
Two:
princeps
princeps pulcherimmus
Size
6 - 12mm
Identification
Male/Female

Palp

Epigynum
Range
NH west to MN and south to TX and GA. Also known from Manitoba and Saskatchewan. (1)
Food
Insects, spiders, nectar.(2)
Life Cycle
Variations of a single male specimen from juvenile to adult:


Variations of a single male specimen from juvenile to adult:
Print References
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
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.Jumping spiders of the Phidippus princeps group in the southeastern United States (Araneae: Salticidae: Dendryphantina).
Hill, D. E. 2018. Peckhamia.
3.The mating of Phidippus princeps.
Hill, D. E. 1977. Peckhamia.
4.Field observations on the behavior of immature Phidippus princeps in Minnesota.
Hill, D. E. 1977. Peckhamia.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 13 April, 2004 - 5:49pm
Additional contributions by Jay Barnes, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Chuck Entz
Last updated 30 December, 2022 - 1:52pm

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