Nearctic States & Provinces: YT
Natural History, Phenology & 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.
Recorded Habitats:
bogs, meadows, moss, under rocks and logs
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: McLellan, Lynda
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Phidippus borealis Banks 1895 |
| Phidippus altanus Gertsch 1934 |
| Phidippus altanus Chickering 1944 |
| Phidippus altanus Levi 1951 |
| Phidippus altanus Levi & Field 1954 |
| Phidippus altanus Prószynski 1971 |
| Phidippus borealis Edwards 1977 |
| Phidippus borealis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Phidippus borealis Edwards 2004 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1895. Some new Attidae. Canad. Ent. 27: 96-102.
Chickering, A. M. 1944. The Salticidae of Michigan. Pap. Michig. Acad. Sci. 29: 139-222.
Edwards, G. B. 2004. Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Occas. Pap. Florida State Collect. Arthropods 11 1-156.
Edwards, G. B. 1977. Comments on some genus and species problems in the Salticidae, including Walckenaerian names. Peckhamia 1: 21-23.
Gertsch, W. J. 1934. Further notes on American spiders. Amer. Mus. Novit. 726: 1-26.
Levi, H. W. 1951. New and rare spiders from Wisconsin and adjacent states. Am. Mus. Novit. 1501: 1-41.
Levi, H. W. & H. M. Field. 1954. The spiders of Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 51: 440-467.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Prószynski, J. 1971. Catalogue of Salticidae (Aranei) specimens kept in major collections of the world. Annls zool. Warsz. 28: 367-519.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/SALTICIDAE.html
Natural History References
Aitchison-Benell, C. W. & C. D. Dondale. 1990. A checklist of Manitoba spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships. Naturaliste can. 117: 215-237.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Phidippus C. L. Koch, 1846‡‡
P. adumbratus Gertsch, 1934 ...............USA
P. apacheanus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929 ...............USA, Mexico, Cuba
P. ardens Peckham & Peckham, 1901 ...............USA, Mexico
P. arizonensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) ...............USA, Mexico
P. asotus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 ...............USA, Mexico
P. audax (Hentz, 1845) ...............North America, intorduced in Hawaii, Nicobar Is.
P. aureus Edwards, 2004 ...............USA
P. bidentatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 ...............USA to Costa Rica
P. boei Edwards, 2004 ...............USA, Mexico
P. californicus Peckham & Peckham, 1901 ...............North America
P. cardinalis (Hentz, 1845) ...............USA, Mexico, possibly Panama
P. carneus Peckham & Peckham, 1896 ...............USA, Mexico
P. carolinensis Peckham & Peckham, 1909 ...............USA, Mexico
P. clarus Keyserling, 1885 ...............North America
P. comatus Peckham & Peckham, 1901 ...............North America
P. concinnus Gertsch, 1934 ...............USA
P. cryptus Edwards, 2004 ...............USA, Canada
P. felinus Edwards, 2004 ...............USA
P. insignarius C. L. Koch, 1846 ...............USA
P. johnsoni (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) ...............North America
P. kastoni Edwards, 2004 ...............USA
P. lynceus Edwards, 2004 ...............USA
P. morpheus Edwards, 2004 ...............USA, Mexico
P. mystaceus (Hentz, 1846) ...............USA
P. nikites Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA, Mexico
P. octopunctatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) ...............USA, Mexico
P. olympus Edwards, 2004 ...............USA
P. otiosus (Hentz, 1846) ...............USA
P. phoenix Edwards, 2004 ...............USA, Mexico
P. pius Scheffer, 1905 ...............USA to Costa Rica
P. princeps (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) ...............USA, Canada
P. pruinosus Peckham & Peckham, 1909 ...............USA
P. pulcherrimus Keyserling, 1885 ...............USA
P. purpuratus Keyserling, 1885 ...............USA, Canada
P. putnami (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) ...............USA
P. regius C. L. Koch, 1846 ...............USA, West Indies, Easter Island (introduced)
P. richmani Edwards, 2004 ...............USA
P. texanus Banks, 1906 ...............USA, Mexico
P. tigris Edwards, 2004 ...............USA
P. toro Edwards, 1978 ...............USA, Mexico
P. tux Pinter, 1970 ...............USA, Mexico
P. tyrannus Edwards, 2004 ...............USA, Mexico
P. tyrrelli Peckham & Peckham, 1901 ...............North America
P. ursulus Edwards, 2004 ...............USA
P. vexans Edwards, 2004 ...............USA
P. whitmani Peckham & Peckham, 1909 ...............USA, Canada
P. workmani Peckham & Peckham, 1901 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: SALTICIDAE, Phidippus borealis Banks, 1895.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/35437 (Accessed: 10/13/2008 5:22:42 AM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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