Kingdom Animalia Order Araneae Genus Phidippus Higher classification Phidippus | Phylum Arthropoda Family Salticidae Scientific name Phidippus whitmani Rank Species | |
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Similar Phidippus, Jumping spider, Phidippus cardinalis, Phidippus clarus, Phidippus princeps | ||
Jumping spider female phidippus whitmani
Phidippus whitmani is a species of jumping spider.
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Phidippus whitmani jumping spider
Description
While the male is strikingly red on top, with a black band in the frontal eye region and sometimes with white setae on the forelegs, the female is of a rather inconspicuous brown color. It is one of the species of jumping spiders which are mimics of mutillid wasps (commonly known as "velvet ants"); several species of these wasps are similar in size and coloration, and possess a very painful sting.[1]
Distribution
P. whitmani occurs in USA and Canada.
Name
The species name is possibly a reference to poet Walt Whitman.
References
Phidippus whitmani Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA