Phidippus cardinalis

Tags: Arachnid.

Phidippus cardinalis is a species of jumping spider. It is commonly called Cardinal jumper. It is one of the species of jumping spiders which are mimics of mutillid wasps in the genus Dasymutilla (commonly known as velvet ants); several species of these wasps are similar in size and coloration and possess a very painful sting.[1]

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binomial authority

Nicholas Marcellus Hentz

class

Arachnid

family

Jumping spider

genus

Phidippus

kingdom

Animal

order

Spider

phylum

Arthropod

synonym

Attus cardinalis, Attus m'cookii, Attus rufus, Dendryphantes aureopilosus, Dendryphantes cardinalis, Dendryphantes mccooki, Dendryphantes ruber, Phidippus aureopilosus, Phidippus bivittatus, Phidippus maccocki, Phidippus mccooki, Phidippus oaklandensis, Phidippus ruber