Phidippus whitmani

Phidippus whitmani
male P. whitmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Phidippus
Species:	P. whitmani
Binomial name
Phidippus whitmani Peckham & Peckham, 1909
Synonyms
Phiale modestus Phidippus paludatus Dendryphantes whitmani

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

• Photographs of P. whitmani
• More photographs of P. whitman and other Phidippus species
• Diagnostic drawings
• BugGuide: Phidippus whitmani

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