Biology:Paraphidippus aurantius

Short description: Species of spider

Paraphidippus aurantius
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Paraphidippus
Species:	P. aurantius
Binomial name
Paraphidippus aurantius (Lucas, 1833)
Synonyms
Salticus aurantius Attus chrysis Attus iris Attus multicolor Plexippus orichalceus Attus aurantius Attus brendeli Plexippa chrysis Phylaeus chrysis Dendryphantes multicolor Phidippus orichalceus Phidippus fraternus Philaeus multicolor Paraphidippus chrysis Paraphydippus multicolor Paraphydippus aureus Dendryphantes aurantius Eris aurantia

Paraphidippus aurantius is a species of jumping spider, commonly known as the emerald jumping spider or golden jumping spider. P. aurantius is a solitary hunter, with a fairly large size for a jumping spider. It is green or black with white side stripes on each side of its head and a white border around the top of the abdomen. It also has a midline of hairs down its center with small white dots and lines on either side.

Distribution

Paraphidippus aurantius occurs from the United States to Panama, and on the Greater Antilles.

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Emerald Jumping Spider on a table

Wikidata ☰ Q1813731 entry