Phidippus whitmani
Phidippus whitmani is a species of jumping spider.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Phidippus |
| Species: | P. whitmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Phidippus whitmani Peckham & Peckham, 1909 | |
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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.
Distribution
Phidippus whitmani occurs in the United States 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
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