Phidippus cardinalis
Phidippus cardinalis | |
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Female cardinal jumper | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Phidippus |
Species: | P. cardinalis
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Binomial name | |
Phidippus cardinalis (Hentz, 1845)
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Synonyms | |
Attus cardinalis |
Phidippus cardinalis is a species of jumping spider. It is commonly called cardinal jumper. It is one of the species of jumping spiders which are mimics of mutillid wasps in the genus Dasymutilla (commonly known as "velvet ants"); several species of these wasps are similar in size and coloration to the spiders, and possess a very painful sting. [1]
Male face
Male dorsal
Female face
Female dorsal
Distribution[]
Phidippus cardinalis occurs in the eastern United States and Mexico, and possibly Panama.
External links[]
- Salticidae
- Spiders of North America
- Spiders described in 1845
- Taxa named by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz
- Salticidae stubs