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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Paraphidippus |
| Species: | P. aurantius
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| Paraphidippus aurantius (Lucas, 1833)
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Distribution
editParaphidippus aurantius occurs from the United States to Panama, and on the Greater Antilles.
References
edit- ^ "Paraphidippus aurantius (Emerald Jumping Spider) - Spider Identification & Pictures". spiderid.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "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.
External links
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Media related to Paraphidippus aurantius at Wikimedia Commons- Emerald Jumping Spider on a table
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