Phidippus 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.

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  Male face
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  Male dorsal
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  Female face
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  Female dorsal

Phidippus cardinalis
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
Binomial name
Phidippus cardinalis (Hentz, 1845)
Synonyms
Attus cardinalis Attus rufus Phidippus bivittatus Attus m'cookii Phidippus ruber Phidippus mccooki Phidippus aureopilosus Dendryphantes ruber Dendryphantes cardinalis Phidippus oaklandensis Dendryphantes aureopilosus Dendryphantes mccooki Phidippus maccocki

Distribution

Phidippus cardinalis occurs in the southern and eastern United States and Mexico, and possibly Panama. It has also been confirmed in Western and Northern Colorado.

External links

• Phidippus cardinalis at Worldwide database of jumping spiders
• Phidippus cardinalis video at archive.org
• Roach, S. H. 1988. Reproductive periods of Phidippus species (Araneae, Salticidae) in South Carolina. J. Arachnol., 16:95-101 (pdf)