Phidippus

Taxobox
name = "Phidippus"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Phidippus audax" shows green chelicerae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Dendryphantinae
tribus = Dendryphantini
genus = "Phidippus"
genus_authority = C. L. Koch, 1846
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Phidippus
diversity = 75 species
type_species = "Attus audax"
type_species_authority = Hentz, 1845
range_

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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "P. audax"
"P. californicus"
"P. cardinalis"
"P. johnsoni"
"P. mystaceus"
"P. octopunctatus"
"P. regius"
"P. whitmani"
"P. workmani"
many more, "see text"

"Phidippus" is a genus in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Some of the largest jumping spiders inhabit this genus, and many species are characterized by their brilliant, iridescent green chelicerae. "Phidippus" appears to be distributed almost exclusively in North AmericaFact|date=January 2008 , with the exception of two exported species ("Phidippus audax", "Phidippus regius"). There are 60 valid described species in the genus. The four species described in "Phidippus" found in India and one in Bangladesh do not belong in this genus.Fact|date=January 2008 Neither do the species described from South America.Fact|date=January 2008

Name

The genus name is likely derived from Cicero's speech "Pro Rege Deiotaro" (Speech in Behalf of King Deiotarus) [ [http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/book0597.pdf Pro Rege Deiotaro] ] : Phidippus was a slave who was physician to King Deiotaros. Literally, the words means "one who spares horses" in Ancient Greek. [Ubick "et al." 2005]

pecies

* "Phidippus adonis" Edwards, 2004 — Mexico
* "Phidippus adumbratus" Gertsch, 1934 — USA
* "Phidippus aeneidens" Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
* "Phidippus albocinctus" Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
* "Phidippus albulatus" F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901 — Mexico
* "Phidippus amans" Edwards, 2004 — Mexico
* "Phidippus apacheanus" Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929 — USA, Mexico, Cuba
* "Phidippus ardens" Peckham & Peckham, 1901 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus arizonensis" (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus asotus" Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus audax" (Hentz, 1845) — North America, introduced in Hawai'i, Nicobar Islands
* "Phidippus aureus" Edwards, 2004 — USA
* "Phidippus bengalensis" Tikader, 1977 — India
* "Phidippus bidentatus" F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — USA to Costa Rica
* "Phidippus birabeni" Mello-Leitão, 1944 — Argentina
* "Phidippus boei" Edwards, 2004 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus borealis" Banks, 1895 — USA, Canada, Alaska
* "Phidippus calcuttaensis" Biswas, 1984 — India
* "Phidippus californicus" Peckham & Peckham, 1901 — North America
* "Phidippus cardinalis" (Hentz, 1845) — USA, Mexico, possibly Panama
* "Phidippus carneus" Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus carolinensis" Peckham & Peckham, 1909 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus cerberus" Edwards, 2004 — Mexico
* "Phidippus clarus" Keyserling, 1885 — North America
* "Phidippus comatus" Peckham & Peckham, 1901 — North America
* "Phidippus concinnus" Gertsch, 1934 — USA
* "Phidippus cruentus" F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Mexico
* "Phidippus cryptus" Edwards, 2004 — USA, Canada
* "Phidippus dianthus" Edwards, 2004 — Mexico
* "Phidippus exlineae" Caporiacco, 1955 — Venezuela
* "Phidippus felinus" Edwards, 2004 — USA
* "Phidippus georgii" Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Mexico to El Salvador
* "Phidippus guianensis" Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
* "Phidippus hingstoni" Mello-Leitão, 1948 — Guyana
* "Phidippus insignarius" C. L. Koch, 1846 — USA
* "Phidippus johnsoni" (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) — North America
* "Phidippus kastoni" Edwards, 2004 — USA
* "Phidippus khandalaensis" Tikader, 1977 — India
* "Phidippus lynceus" Edwards, 2004 — USA
* "Phidippus maddisoni" Edwards, 2004 — Mexico
* "Phidippus majumderi" Biswas, 1999 — Bangladesh
* "Phidippus mimicus" Edwards, 2004 — Mexico
* "Phidippus morpheus" Edwards, 2004 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus mystaceus" (Hentz, 1846) — USA
* "Phidippus nikites" Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus octopunctatus" (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus olympus" Edwards, 2004 — USA
* "Phidippus otiosus" (Hentz, 1846) — USA
* "Phidippus phoenix" Edwards, 2004 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus pius" Scheffer, 1905 — USA to Costa Rica
* "Phidippus pompatus" Edwards, 2004 — Mexico
* "Phidippus princeps" (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) — USA, Canada
* "Phidippus pruinosus" Peckham & Peckham, 1909 — USA
* "Phidippus pulcherrimus" Keyserling, 1885 — USA
* "Phidippus punjabensis" Tikader, 1974 — India
* "Phidippus purpuratus" Keyserling, 1885 — USA, Canada
* "Phidippus putnami" (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) — USA
* "Phidippus regius" C. L. Koch, 1846 (USA, West Indies, Easter Island — introduced)
* "Phidippus richmani" Edwards, 2004 — USA
* "Phidippus tenuis" (Kraus, 1955) — El Salvador
* "Phidippus texanus" Banks, 1906 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus tigris" Edwards, 2004 — USA
* "Phidippus toro" Edwards, 1978 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus triangulifer" Caporiacco, 1954 — French Guiana
* "Phidippus tux" Pinter, 1970 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus tyrannus" Edwards, 2004 — USA, Mexico
* "Phidippus tyrrelli" Peckham & Peckham, 1901 — North America
* "Phidippus ursulus" Edwards, 2004 — USA
* "Phidippus venus" Edwards, 2004 — Mexico
* "Phidippus vexans" Edwards, 2004 — USA
* "Phidippus whitmani" Peckham & Peckham, 1909 — USA, Canada
* "Phidippus workmani" Peckham & Peckham, 1901 — USA
* "Phidippus yashodharae" Tikader, 1977 — Andaman Islands
* "Phidippus zebrinus" Mello-Leitão, 1945 — Argentina
* "Phidippus zethus" Edwards, 2004 — Mexico

Footnotes

reflist

References

* (1965): Observations on Three Species of "Phidippus" Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). "Psyche" 72:133-147 [http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/72/72-133.pdf PDF] ("P. californicus" = "P. coccineus", "P. apacheanus", "P. octopunctatus" = "P. opifex")
* (editors) (2005): Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual. "American Arachnological Society" ISBN 0-9771439-0-2
* (2004): Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus "Phidippus" (Araneae: Salticidae). "Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods" 11: i-viii, 1-156, 350 figs.

External links

Videos

* David Edwin Hill: Portrait of feeding female "Phidippus audax" — [http://www.archive.org/details/PortraitoffeedingfemalePhidippusaudax Video]
* David Edwin Hill: Variable female forms of the jumping spider "Phidippus clarus" — [http://www.archive.org/details/FemaleformsofPhidippusclarus Video]

Pictures

* [http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_bold_jumping.htm "Bold Jumping Spider" - "Phidippus audax"]
* [http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_Phidippus_clarus.htm "Phidippus clarus" diagnostic photographs, male and female specimens]
* [http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_jumping_P_mystaceus.htm "Phidippus mystaceus" photographs, adult male specimen]
* [http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_Phidippus_princeps.htm "Phidippus princeps" reference photographs]
* [http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_jumping_Phidippus_otiosus.htm "Phidippus otiosus" adult male specimen]
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/catalog/phidippu.htm Catalog of genus "Phidippus"]
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/ph-gbedw/ph-gbedw.htm Pictures of "Phidippus" species] ("P. adumbratus", "P. apacheanus", "P. arizonensis", "P. asotus", "P. audax", "P. basalis", "P. boei", "P. cardinalis", "P. carneus", "P. clarus", "P. comatus","P. cruentus", "P. johnsoni", "P. mystaceus", "P. octopunctatus", "P. olympus", "P. otlosus", "P. phoenix", "P. plus", "P. princeps", "P. pruinosus", "P. pulcherrimus", "P. purpuratus", "P. putnami", "P. regius", "P. richmani", "P. texanus", "P. tigris", "P. toro", "P. tyrelli", "P. whitmani" and "P. workmani".)
* [http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/subimages.cfm?SUB=14736 Picture of "Phidippus" species] (free for noncommercial use)