Phidippus whitmani
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P. whitmani in Easton, Maryland | |
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Phidippus whitmani Peckham & Peckham, 1909
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Phidippus whitmani is a species of 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phidippus whitmani.
- Photographs of P. whitmani
- More photographs of P. whitman and other Phidippus species
- Diagnostic drawings
- BugGuide: Phidippus whitmani
- Whitman's Jumping Spider photos on Jeff's Nature Pages