Emerald Jumper
Paraphidippus aurantius (Lucas, 1833)
Emerald Jumper: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6480
Synonyms
Eris aurantia 
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56 Records

Status

An eastern species found in riparian woodlands and open habitats.

Description

One of very few common spider species in our area that regularly appears bright green (Bradley, 2013).

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Paraphidippus aurantius
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[1] 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.[2]

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ "Paraphidippus aurantius (Emerald Jumping Spider) - Spider Identification & Pictures". spiderid.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  2. ^ "Jumping Spider". www.insectidentification.org. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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