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jumping spider - Phlegra hentzi

jumping spider - Phlegra hentzi
Milton, Massachusetts, USA
May 4, 2005
Size: ~5mm

Hi, Tom- I just noticed th
Hi, Tom-

I just noticed that the Nearctic Database uses this same image for Phlegra fasciata: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/35574

What is the story behind that?

 
Check the info page
I believe I made the page for Phlegra fasciata, and I see that Jeff Hollenbeck made an update to the page last year. Maybe he knows something about the id change.

 
I posted a note about this in
I posted a note about this in the Nearctic Forum, too, and I think David is also going to look into it: http://forum.canadianarachnology.org/viewtopic.php?t=245.

-K

 
I just read the post
And it sounds like it's going to take some detective work to figure this out.

Jumper
This is very similar to a spider I shot in Arkansas that I believe is Phlegra fasciata. May be color variable but the stripe pattern appears to remain consistent.

 
Matches the picture of the fe
Matches the picture of the female in this site.
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Phlegra%20fasciata

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