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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Ground Spiders (Gnaphosidae)
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ground spider
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

ground spider
Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA
April 14, 2005
This small spider was running quickly along the edge of a dirt road. Could this be an ant-mimic?

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Contributed by tom murray on 15 April, 2005 - 10:09pm
Last updated 23 October, 2006 - 5:38pm

Moved
Moved from Dysderids.
… tom murray, 23 October, 2006 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Gnaphosidae
I still vote for Gnaphosidae. The very narrow head and flattened abdomen are characters for for example Zelotes. The spinnerats also look like Gnaphosidae. The posterior middle eyes (quite clearly seen in the first photo) are oval and in an angel of about 45 degs., very typical for many Gnaphosids.
… NRF, 23 October, 2006 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

reminds us
of your earlier image
… john and jane balaban, 17 April, 2005 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

not an ant-mimic
not sure as to family but prominent leg segementation suggests Gnaphosid. Others need to be considered I have pics with full complement of legs. I recall this spider reaching a length of 10 mm. They are fast moving! Note that the abdomen is flattened as in Gnaphosids
… Tom Adams, 16 April, 2005 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Gnaphosid
It was fast moving, and looks similar to the Gnaphosids in this guide. Thanks Tom.
… tom murray, 16 April, 2005 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

?
Doesn't look like the ant mimics in my guide. It does look like the drawing of Ariadna bicolor female from the Golden Guide to spiders, but doesn't look much like the one from this site http://biodiversity.georgetown.edu/taxonomy/domain.cfm?view=all&desc=Taxon%20Lists&domain=Eukarya
… Lynette Schimming, 16 April, 2005 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

 
good work Lynette
I'm wrong again

We should reach a consensus on Dysderidae
… Tom Adams, 8 March, 2006 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

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