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Ant-mimic spider - Microlinyphia - male
Copyright © 2007 Jay Barnes

Ant-mimic spider - Microlinyphia - Male
Licking County, Ohio, USA
July 1, 2007
Size: 4-5mm
100% crop from the second image.

Unless I'm misinterpreting this (or possibly using the wrong words), the palp has a very long embolus that broadly curves ventrally and retrolaterally until it nearly reaches back to the tarsus.

I just realized I neglected to process a head-on photo of this guy. IIRC the cymbium was also fairly interesting. Another image will be added tonight.

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Contributed by Jay Barnes on 2 July, 2007 - 12:37pm
Last updated 3 July, 2007 - 9:47am

Compare
to the platform spider.
Here is a European species.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 July, 2007 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree
Moving to genus for now and I'll work on the species when I get time, probably not until winter unless I can improve my workflow before then.

THANKS MUCH for the ID! There's one little problem with those European species photos though. They are much more detailed than mine, so I'll need to re-shoot the closeups on this guy with better glass and more controlled lighting. :-)
… Jay Barnes, 3 July, 2007 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
There
are four species in our region, and I don't know if that is one of them or not. I have drawings of pusilla and mandibulata palps, but not the other two.

Thanks for your great images. As a result, I was able to correct my misidentification of Tom's adult male.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 3 July, 2007 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

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