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Paraphidippus aurantius

(Lucas, 1833)

a jumping spider

GNRUnranked Found in 15 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.113213

Element CodeILARAC3010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassArachnida

OrderAraneae

FamilySalticidae

GenusParaphidippus

Synonyms

Eris aurantia(Lucas, 1833)

Concept Reference

Kaston, B.J. 1972. How to Know the Spiders. Wm C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. 272 p.

Taxonomic Comments

Previously placed in the genus Eris; moved to Paraphidippus by Edwards (2004).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Roadless Areas (15)

Arizona (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Chiricahua	Coronado National Forest	76,876
Lower San Francisco	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests	59,310
Sierra Ancha Wilderness Contiguous	Tonto National Forest	7,787
Sunset	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests	28,948

New Mexico (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Meadow Creek	Gila National Forest	34,167

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
South Mills River	Pisgah National Forest	8,588

Tennessee (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Brushy Ridge	Cherokee National Forest	7,469
Devil's Backbone	Cherokee National Forest	4,287

Virginia (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Adams Peak	George Washington National Forest	7,135
Beards Mountain	George Washington National Forest	7,505
Brush Mountain	Jefferson National Forest	6,002
Little River	George Washington National Forest	27,292
Peters Mountain Addition B	Jefferson National Forest	2,909

West Virginia (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Dry River (WV)	George Washington National Forest	7,331
Little Mountain	Monongahela National Forest	8,172

References (3)

Edwards, G.B. 2004. Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus <i>Phidippus</i> (Araneae: Salticidae). Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods. Vol 11. 156pp.
Kaston, B.J. 1972. How to Know the Spiders. Wm C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. 272 p.
Platnick, N.I. 2014. The world spider catalog, version 14.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001.