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Genus: Phidippus C. L. Koch, 1846 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Phidippus morsitans (Walckenaer, 1837)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061675

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Distribution: USA

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Taxonomic References

Attus morsitans Walckenaer, 1837: 432 (Df)

Attus morsitans Walckenaer, 1847a: 417 (Dm)

Phidippus morsitans Edwards, 2004: 72 (removed from S of Phidippus audax = Dendryphantes variegatus, rejecting Roewer, 1955c: 1205, nomen dubium)

References

Edwards, G. B. (2004). Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods 11: 1-156. -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [plates in second pdf] -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1847a). Dernier Supplément. In: Walckenaer, C. A. & Gervais, P. (eds.) Histoire naturelles des Insects. Aptères. Tome quatrième. Roret, Paris, pp. 365-596 [Araneae: -564]. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 -- Show included taxa

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

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