Phidippus whitmani explained

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.https://web.archive.org/web/20081228192715/http://www.arachnology.org/ISA/meetings/1998ISAabs.htm

Distribution

Phidippus whitmani occurs in the United States and Canada.

Name

The species was named after zoologist Charles Otis Whitman.^[1]

External links

• Photographs of P. whitmani
• More photographs of P. whitman and other Phidippus species
• Diagnostic drawings
• BugGuide: Phidippus whitmani
• Whitman's Jumping Spider photos on Jeff's Nature Pages

Notes and References

1. Peckham . G. W. . Peckham . E. G. . Revision of the Attidae of North America . Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters . 16 . 1 . 355-655 . 1909 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.