Paraphidippus aurantius

Paraphidippus aurantius is a species of jumping spider, commonly known as emerald jumping spider.[1] P. aurantius is a solitary hunter, with a fairly large size for a jumping spider. It is black with white side stripes on each side of its head and a white border around the top of the abdomen. It also has a midline of hairs down its center with small white dots and lines on either side.[2]

Paraphidippus aurantius
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Paraphidippus
Species:
P. aurantius
Binomial name
Paraphidippus aurantius
(Lucas, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Salticus aurantius
  • Attus chrysis
  • Attus iris
  • Attus multicolor
  • Plexippus orichalceus
  • Attus aurantius
  • Attus brendeli
  • Plexippa chrysis
  • Phylaeus chrysis
  • Dendryphantes multicolor
  • Phidippus orichalceus
  • Phidippus fraternus
  • Philaeus multicolor
  • Paraphidippus chrysis
  • Paraphydippus multicolor
  • Paraphydippus aureus
  • Dendryphantes aurantius
  • Eris aurantia

Distribution

Paraphidippus aurantius occurs from the United States to Panama, and on the Greater Antilles.

References
  1. "Paraphidippus aurantius (Emerald Jumping Spider) - Spider Identification & Pictures". spiderid.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  2. "Jumping Spider". www.insectidentification.org. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.


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