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Species Hibana gracilis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Anyphaenidae (Ghost Spiders)
Genus Hibana
Species gracilis (Hibana gracilis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
Spider is yellow to white with longitudinal stripes on the carapace, and dark spots arranged in two longitudinal rows cover the abdomen. This species can be identified by its brown chelicerae. (1)

Male

Palp (ventral/lateral/medial)

Epigynum (undissected/dissected ventral/dissected dorsal)


Among the Hibana species, H. gracilis is the only one expected to be found in the northeast US. Some Anyphaena species can look similar, but can usually be distinguished by having a much more jagged edge to the carapace markings.
Range
From New England to Florida and west to Texas and Kansas (Kaston, 1978)
Works Cited
1.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 15 November, 2008 - 9:58pm
Additional contributions by cheins, chuuuuung
Last updated 5 January, 2023 - 4:44pm

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