jumping spider - Synageles

Moved

… john and jane balaban, 11 November, 2007 - 6:01pm

Hmm

"Spiders of North America" (1) states that in Peckhamia the eyes take up half of the carapace while in Synageles the eyes occupy more than half of the carapace. It seems in this specimen the eyes fill up at least 2/3 of the carapace. I'm not a spider person, but in trying to ID one nearly identical to this, I came up with Synageles.

(Carapace is the front half of the spider, anterior to the constriction)

… Brad Barnd, 9 November, 2007 - 6:36pm

Your description would seem to fit

both of the images linked below. Do you think they are both Synageles also? What about the genus Sarinda that Jay mentions? Any insight on that? Exciting that we may move forward on some of these! We have some images under Sarinda here

… john and jane balaban, 9 November, 2007 - 7:30pm

With the caveat that I am not

With the caveat that I am not a spider expert, I would say both are more likely Synageles than Peckhamia based on the size of the eye region. Synageles has 8 species widely distributed while Peckhamia has 4 species widely distributed.

Sarinda is a distinctive genus (note the transverse groove immediately behind the last pair of eyes) with two species in NA, only one of which occurs in the eastern U.S. (the one in the guide, hentzi I think). Neither really looks like Sarinda.

… Brad Barnd, 11 November, 2007 - 4:46pm

We did some searching

and noticed that the bugguide images look like the image of Peckhamia at the Kansas Jumping spider website, but not like the images of Peckhamia from GB Edwards. So maybe that's where the confusion is coming in. Although we must admit we don't find Edwards' images to have the last pair of eyes much farther forward. We're guessing the Kansas website is wrong and these are all Synageles as you describe.

… john and jane balaban, 11 November, 2007 - 5:59pm

Moved

It looks identical to the Peckhamia you linked. Thanks John and Jane.

… tom murray, 30 April, 2007 - 8:58pm

Jeff suggested possibly Peckhamia

on something similar. See

. Jay suggested possibly Sarinda or Synageles on

… john and jane balaban, 30 April, 2007 - 8:11pm