Phidippus

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Phidippus
Phidippus cardinalis, female

Phidippus cardinalis , female

Systematics
Class : Arachnids (arachnida)
Order : Spiders (Araneae)
Subordination : Real spiders (Araneomorphae)
Family : Jumping spiders (Salticidae)
Genre : Phidippus
Scientific name
Phidippus
CL Koch , 1846

Phidippus is a spider species from the family of jumping spider (Salticidae) and includes 76 species. (As of December 2016)

Some of the largest jumping spiders are assigned to this genus, and many of them are distinguished by their iridescent green jaw claws . The species of the genus are represented all over the world.

Surname

The name of the genus probably comes from a speech by Cicero with the title Pro Rege Deiotaro ( lat. "Speech in the name of King Deiotaros"): Phidippus was a doctor and the king's slave. Literally translated, the ancient Greek name means "the horses spared".

species

The World Spider Catalog lists 76 species for the genus Phidippus . (As of December 2016)

photos

Web links

Commons : Phidippus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Phidippus in the World Spider Catalog

literature

  • Gardner, BT (1965). Observations on Three Species of Phidippus Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Psyche 72: 133-147 (online: PDF ; Creative Commons with attribution, version 2.5 ) ( P. californicus = P. coccineus , P. apacheanus , P. octopunctatus = P. opifex )
  • Edwards, GB (2004). Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods 11: i-viii, 1-156, 350 figs.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.5 - Phidippus . Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  2. Speech on behalf of King Deiotaros , English translation by Charles Duke Yonge (PDF; 95 kB)
  3. Ubick, D., Paquin, P., Cushing, PE and Roth, V. (Eds.) 2005. Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual. American Arachnological Society ISBN 0-9771439-0-2