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Phidippus whitmani

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Phidippus whitmani
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Phidippus
Species:
P. whitmani
Binomial name
Phidippus whitmani
Synonyms
  • Phiale modestus
  • Phidippus paludatus
  • Dendryphantes whitmani

Phidippus whitmani is a species of jumping spider.

Description

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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

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Phidippus whitmani occurs in the United States and Canada.

Name

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The species was named after zoologist Charles Otis Whitman.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1909). "Revision of the Attidae of North America". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 16 (1): 355–655 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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