Phidippus audax (Hentz, 1845)
bold jumper
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FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 Genus: Phidippus C. L. Koch, 1846 Species: Phidippus audax (Hentz, 1845)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
jumping spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
bold jumper
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: North America, intorduced in Hawaii, Nicobar Is.
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
CA CO IL LA MA NH OH OK SC TX
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† stalkers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Suburban neighborhood; on kiosk;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Banks, N. 1898. Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. (3) 1: 205-308.
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Bryant, E. B. 1942. Descriptions of certain North American Phidippus. Amer. Midl. Nat. 28: 693-707. 
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1901. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 193-312.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Chickering, A. M. 1944. The Salticidae of Michigan. Pap. Michig. Acad. Sci. 29: 139-222.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Edwards, G. B. 2004. Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Occas. Pap. Florida State Collect. Arthropods 11 1-156.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1891. New England spiders of the family Attidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 220-252.
Hentz, N. M. 1846. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 352-370.
Hentz, N. M. 1845. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 189-202.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kaston, B. J. 1945. New spiders in the group Dionycha with notes on other species. Am. Mus. Novit. 1290: 1-25.
Kim, J. P. 1987. Notes on the three species of American spiders (Araneae: Agelenidae, Salticidae). Korean Arachnol. 3: 97-102.
Koch, C. L. 1846. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88.
Lucas, H. 1833. Mémoire sur plusieurs Arachnides nouvelles appartenant au genre Atte de M. de Walckenaer. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 2: 476-482.
Maddison, W. P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 154: 215-368.
Oehler, C. M. 1980. Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Cincinnati region of Ohio, including Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties. Ohio biol. Surv. biol. Notes 13: 1-36.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1909. Revision of the Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Ac. Sci. Arts Let. 16(1): 355-655.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1901. Spiders of the Phidippus group of the family Attidae. Trans. Wiscons. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 13: 282-358.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1896. Spiders of the family Attidae from Central America and Mexico. Occ. Pap. nat. Hist. Soc. Wiscons. 3: 1-101.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1888. Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 7: 1-104.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1886. Genera of the family Attidae: with a partial synonymy. Trans. Wiscons. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 6: 255-342.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1883. Descriptions of new or little known spiders of the family Attidae from various parts of the United States of North America. Milwaukee, pp. 1-35.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greeland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 29: 1-791.
Prószynski, J. 2002. Remarks on Salticidae (Aranei) from Hawaii, with description of Havaika gen.n. Arthropoda Selecta 10: 225-241.
Prószynski, J. 1976. Studium systematyczno-zoogeograflczne nad rodzina Salticidae (Aranei) Regionów Palearktycznego i Nearktycznego. Wyzsza Szkola Pedagogiczna Siedlcach 6: 1-260.
Prószynski, J. 1971. Catalogue of Salticidae (Aranei) specimens kept in major collections of the world. Annls zool. Warsz. 28: 367-519.
Richman, D. B. 1977. [Review of] Studium systematyczno-zoogeograficzne nad rodzina Salticidae (Aranei) regionow Palearktycznego i Neartycznego, by J. Prószynski. Peckhamia 1: 9-11.
Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 381-668.
Thorell, T. 1891. Spindlar frĺn Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongl. Svenska. Vet.-Acad. Handl. 24(2): 1-149.
Tullgren, A. 1901. On the spiders collected in Florida by Dr Einer Lönnberg 1892-93. Bih. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. 27(4;1): 1-29.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1847. Histoire naturelles des Insects. Aptčres. Paris, 4: 1-623 (Araneae, pp. 365-564).
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptčres. Paris, 1: 1-682.
Workman, T. & M. E. Workman. 1894. Malaysian spiders. Belfast, pp. 9-24.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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