The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/35483

Phidippus princeps (Peckham & Peckham, 1883)

FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841
    Genus: Phidippus C. L. Koch, 1846
        Species: Phidippus princeps (Peckham & Peckham, 1883)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  jumping spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   CT PA SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 

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:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Seasonality of Specimen Records:


Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: Murray, Tom


Credit: DeVries, Peter J.

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:


Credit: Barnes, Jay

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms†

Attus insolens Hentz 1845
Phidippus castrensis C. L. Koch 1846
Attus princeps Peckham & Peckham 1883
Phidippus princeps Peckham & Peckham 1883
Philaeus princeps Peckham & Peckham 1888
Phidippus brunneus Emerton 1891
Dendryphantes castrensis Simon 1901
Phidippus princeps Peckham & Peckham 1901
Phidippus brunneus Emerton 1909
Phidippus brunneus Peckham & Peckham 1909
Phidippus princeps Peckham & Peckham 1909
Dendryphantes brunneus Petrunkevitch 1911
Dendryphantes princeps Petrunkevitch 1911
Phidippus dorsalis Bryant 1942
Phidippus brunneus Chickering 1944
Phidippus excubitor Chamberlin & Ivie 1944
Phidippus princeps Kaston 1945
Phidippus princeps Kaston 1948
Phidippus castrensis Prószynski 1971
Phidippus princeps Prószynski 1971
Phidippus princeps Prószynski 1976
Phidippus princeps Oehler 1980
Phidippus princeps Barrion, Amalin & Ulilang 1984
Phidippus princeps Paquin & Dupérré 2003
Phidippus princeps Edwards 2004

Taxonomic References†

Barrion, A. A., D. M. Amalin & V. L. Ulilang. 1984. Some jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Mt. Makiling. Philipp. Ent. 6: 1-9.

Bryant, E. B. 1942. Descriptions of certain North American Phidippus. Amer. Midl. Nat. 28: 693-707.

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.

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. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.

Emerton, J. H. 1891. New England spiders of the family Attidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 220-252.

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.

Koch, C. L. 1846. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88.

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.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

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. 1888. Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 7: 1-104.

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. 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.

Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 381-668.

†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/SALTICIDAE.html

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. borealis Banks, 1895 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
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. 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