Drassodes mirus - Drassodes

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… Laura P., 22 December, 2014 - 10:12am

Drassodes

It looks very little like D. neglectus which I've seen a lot, but I agree with both of you that the eyes are not that of sac spiders or ground sac spiders, so I'm not sure what else it could be. D. mirus which you are suggesting above has a close range to Gillette, but it's described as being found in the high mountains of CO (specimen from 12,000 feet), so I'm not sure what to think of that. D. gosiutus appears to be one of two of the only other species in your range and is collected up to 7,000 feet which sounds more likely for your specimen if we have the genus right. D. Saccatus is also found in your range "Males of Drassodes saccatus may be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: six or more dorsodistal spines on the palpal femur..."

(In the future would you mind putting a question mark after your ID - unless you are sure of the ID. If you're sure of the ID could you please just cite your sources.)

… Lynette Elliott, 22 December, 2014 - 8:34am

Found the dorsal shot

… nataliestalick, 22 December, 2014 - 3:29pm

Yes... I will do question mar

Yes... I will do question mark from now on. I have found several drassodes neglectus, so it's not a long shot. So I feel now it is safe to say, Drassodes sp. Thank you for your help and time.

… nataliestalick, 22 December, 2014 - 10:06am

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… Lynette Elliott, 10 December, 2014 - 7:34am

Dorsal shot?

I don't think this is a Drassodes.

… Lynette Elliott, 10 December, 2014 - 7:30am

Clubiona maybe?

… nataliestalick, 10 December, 2014 - 3:45pm

the spinnerets look so much l

the spinnerets look so much like drassodes, do you need me to find the picture? or the two above enough to go on?

… nataliestalick, 10 December, 2014 - 3:17pm

I see the resemblance ...

the glabrous carapace makes it look like a clubionid however the PMEs are close together and the eye arrangement looks a lot like Drassodes. Did you do anything to rule out D. gosiutus and D. saccatus? A dorsal might help.

… Laura P., 11 December, 2014 - 10:05am

The drassodes, that it resem

The drassodes, that it resembles the best is the Drassodes lapidosus, however that is a European spider, and I highly doubt it ended up in Wyoming of all places. The eye arrangement is drassodes, the spinnerets are also drassodes. Do you have any other suggestions?

… nataliestalick, 12 December, 2014 - 4:25pm

eye arrangement

After searching several drassodes images, I would have to say eye arrangement are way to similar, not sure on exact species. But i now believe he has to be drassodes.

… nataliestalick, 12 December, 2014 - 12:19am

additional photos

I have added some additional photos... not sure if these may help narrow to species.

… nataliestalick, 12 April, 2015 - 11:32pm