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spider - Dictyna calcarata - male

spider - Dictyna calcarata - Male
Salt Lake City, (N40°46.727'W111°52.629'ele4609'), Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
August 14, 2005
Size: <2.5mm
Suggestions appreciated. The ornamentation on the pedipalp seems distinctive, not noticed until after the specimen was released (rats!)

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spider - Dictyna calcarata - male spider - Dictyna calcarata - male

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I'll start
just an opening bid

 
Seems right
I'm assuming this must be a starved one, as it has a very strangely shaped abdomen.

 
Yes
it really needs water and food.

I agree with Dictynid, and I would think those impressive palps would get it to species.

 
Another indoor
find, photographed before setting aside with a moisture source. Released outside so hopefully it survived.

Been re-reading the family account in Spiders of North America, some clues, might require digging deeper into the literature. Wish I had rescued some of Chambelin's papers when I had the chance many years ago.

 
Link
As I really can't help, I offer this link for anyone who might be interested. Plates 16 and 17 may be useful?
http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/340

 
Your link was
more than useful, sharing it is greatly appreciated. Extracting the information will occupy many hours while winter drags on.

 
Might be
a member of the genus Tivyna. The palpal projection fits the key's couplet.

 
It
seems to be Dictyna calcarata in my opinion after reading John's link.
Range, habitat, description, and palpal organs match.
I bet there's more around your house. Nice images.

 
I agree
with D. calcarata. Reviewing the images and checking the C&G paper seems to confirm. Other spider shots can be now be evaluated with the new (to me) information.

The indoor spider fauna is always changing, never know what's on the menu (unless they are in containers).

Thanks for the input.

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