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insignarius group

unknown jumping spider - Phidippus adumbratus Identification?  I think this is a Phidippus Adumbratus - ? - Phidippus adumbratus - female Jumping Spider - Phidippus insignarius jumping spider  - Phidippus boei jumping spider  - Phidippus insignarius - male jumping spider - Phidippus insignarius Phidippus carneus - female Phidippus carneus - 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 insignarius group
Numbers
Phidippus tyrrelli Peckham & Peckham 1901
Phidippus adumbratus Gertsch 1934
Phidippus carneus Peckham & Peckham 1896
Phidippus boei Edwards 2004
Phidippus pompatus Edwards 2004
Phidippus phoenix Edwards 2004
Phidippus insignarius C.L.Koch 1846
Identification
Excerpts from Edwards, 2004:
"The seven species of this group all have the proximal end of the embolus spiral extending prominently distal to the palea...

...In most earlier versions of the phylogeny, the positions of P. boei and P. carneus were reversed, which appears to me to be more likely, based on the overall similarities (particularly in the shapes of the embolus and duct heads) of P. boei with P. adumbratus, and P. carneus with P. pompatus. Another variation was the separation of P. insignarius and P. phoenix into their own group, sometimes as sister to the otiosus group."(1)
Range
Represented by BugGuide Data maps unless otherwise noted.
For detailed geographic range and records, refer to Edwards, 2004(1)
Phidippus tyrrelli
Phidippus adumbratus
Phidippus carneus
Phidippus boei
Phidippus pompatus - Mexico
Phidippus phoenix
Phidippus insignarius
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.