Phidippus otiosus

Taxobox
name = Canopy Jumper

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image_caption = female
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Dendryphantinae
genus = "Phidippus"
species = "P. otiosus"
binomial = "Phidippus otiosus"
binomial_authority = (Hentz, 1846)
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synonyms = "Attus pulcher"
"Attus peregrinus"
"Attus otiosus"
"Phidippus carolinus"
"Dendryphantes carolinus"
"Dendryphantes otiosus"
"Phidippus dorsalis"
"Phidippus pulcher"

"Phidippus otiosus" is a species of jumping spider that is found in southeastern North America. It is primarily a tree-living species [Roach 1988] . Females reach a body length of about 16 mm. Its iridescent fangs can range in color from purple to green.

Life cycle

Females position their single egg sac under the bark of oak and pine trees [ [http://www.tarantulaspiders.com/product/phidippus-otiosus-canopy-jumper Phidippus otiosus "Canopy Jumper" | Tarantulaspiders Online ] ] . These are laid from December to February in South Carolina, and from January to June in Florida. The spiderlings mature during fall.

ystematics

"P. otiosus" is grouped with the closely related species "P. californicus", "P. pius" and "P. regius" in the "otiosus" group [ [http://bugguide.net/node/view/83488/tree bugguide.net] ] .

Distribution

"P. otiosus" naturally occurs in the southeastern United States from Florida and Texas to North Carolina [ [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/phidippu/otiosus.htm Edwards 2004] ] . However, this species is sometimes exported with plants such as "Tillandsia", with occasional finds in countries as remote as Sweden [Salticidae.org: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/Diagnost/phidippu/aud-immi.htm "P. otiosus" from Sweden] ] and Germany.

Name

The species name is possibly derived from Latin "otius" "idle, at leasure", or from Ancient Greek "oto-" "ear", referring to the tufts of black hair.

A common name for this species is Canopy Jumping Spider.

Footnotes

References

* (1988): Reproductive Periods of "Phidippus" Species (Araneae, Salticidae) in South Carolina. "Journal of Arachnology" 16(1): 95-101. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v16_n1/JoA_v16_p95.pdf PDF]
* (2004): Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus "Phidippus" (Araneae: Salticidae). "Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropoda".
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".

Further reading

* (1980): Taxonomy, ethology, and ecology of "Phidippus" (Araneae: Salticidae) in eastern North America. "Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville".
* (1996): Metabolic rates of resting salticid and thomisid spiders. "Journal of Arachnology" 24(2): 129-134. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_V24_n2/JoA_v24_p129.pdf PDF]

External links

* Salticidae.org: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/phidippu/aud-immi.htm Photographs]
* Salticidae.org: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/phidippu/otiosus.htm Diagnostic drawings]