Jumping Spider (Phidippus),
Chihuahua, Mexico
The
photo on the right was taken by Galina
Z., of Chihuahua, Mexico (in the central part of Chihuahua state). She wrote:
"Good day, Jerry! Thank you for
your article about Johnson jumpers. I was like Cat. I found a pretty
spider in our house in Chihuahua, and took some pictures. When a
colleague of my husband saw them he shouted, 'it is dangerous!' I am
attaching the pictures. The pattern on the back is different from the
Johnson jumper on your website. Could this spider be the same kind?"
The positioning of the eyes (see
Ubick et al, [2005], pg. 214) is consistent with spiders in
the genus Phidippus, but the
pattern of the dark marking on the dorsal abdomen is not typical for a
P. johnsoni female, which this is, based on the morphology of its palps.
My prev. article portrays a male, whose abdomen is entirely red, but a
typical female has a broad, median black band on the posterior two
thirds of the dorsal abdomen with margins are not incised.
Still, much variation exists within
species.
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