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Paraphidippus aurantius
A relatively large Jumping Spider at about 1 cm in length. This is an adult female. She has striking orange bands and spots on a metallic green abdomen. Relatively small eyes for a Jumper. Males and females are quite distinct in both color and size. The male was found on the same plant on the same day, see this spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/203....
Overgrown field, semi-urban area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2,200 meters.
Many thanks to Don Cadle and David Hill for the identification of this species (both the male and the female). According to David Hill "Paraphidippus aurantius is a widely distributed tropical to subtropical species found as far south as Panama. These also come with white to light brown scales. I have seen all of these colour forms here in South Carolina. This paper shows the white form, compared to Lurio solennis". http://www.peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKH...
Spotted on Aug 20, 2015
Submitted on Mar 10, 2016
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Hi Brett. It turns out I had unknowingly photographed both the male and female of the species and they were identified on the Jumping Spiders page
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/salticid...). Thank you for looking for them! See the reference by David Hill above in Notes.