Phidippus whitmani

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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.

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Name 4 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Distribution

P. whitmani occurs in USA and Canada.

[edit] Name

The species name is possibly a reference to poet Walt Whitman.

[edit] External links

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