ID Request - Zora pumila

Moved

Moved from Zora.

… Lynette Elliott, 25 March, 2013 - 2:45pm

Moved

Moved from Anahita punctulata.

Wonderful. Thank you. Eye arrangement matches perfectly!

… Lynette Elliott, 21 July, 2010 - 9:07am

Hey Lynette

Does Zodariidae = Zoridae? From internet searches, it seems that they are 2 separate families and a new family page should be made...

Thanks,

Graham

… Graham Montgomery, 22 July, 2010 - 2:47pm

Oh gosh

That was a stupid mistake. I have corrected it and moved the genus over. It will take a while for the pictures to catch up with the system, but they will show in a few hours.

… Lynette Elliott, 22 July, 2010 - 3:01pm

Thanks Lynette

Just noticed the move and appears right on,I do not know how to create
a link but there is more data on both species and collection data points also in Journal of Arachnology 19:55-66 ,it was a pdf file that
I managed to pull up but the site requires a password I believe.

… J. Ott, 21 September, 2010 - 8:48pm

Identification

Johnnyn and everyone,

I think these photos are actually nice pictures of a zorid (Family Zoridae), very likely Zora pumila (native) or the introduced Zora spinimana. These spiders were once considered members of the family Ctenidae, so the confusion is certainly understandable. Tough to be certain, but note the very similar photos of Z. spinimana on the Norwegian Spiders website:

http://www.edderkopper.net/Zoridae.html

Cheers, Rich

… Richard Bradley, 21 July, 2010 - 6:24am

Thanks Richard

Just noticed your right on id here.

… J. Ott, 21 September, 2010 - 8:39pm

Moved

Moved from Pisaurina.

… Lynette Elliott, 7 May, 2009 - 10:37pm

Pisaurina

seems right to me.

… Lynette Elliott, 21 February, 2009 - 10:00am

Thanks Lynette

moving to page.

… J. Ott, 21 February, 2009 - 11:05am

saw your previous images, and I didn't know what to make of them either. But looking at these it seems more like the Ctenid Anahita to me. Not sure though.

… Jeff Hollenbeck, 25 February, 2009 - 2:09pm

Key to Ctenidae

found here (PDF). The eye arrangement shown looks a little different than this image. The one in the key shows the lower outside eyes high and close in, while this photo seems to show them lower and farther out. However, I have no idea if that even matters since I know eye arrangments can vary within a family. I don't know anything about the Ctenid genus (or even this Family), and I hope it is one so we have some in the guide.

… Lynette Elliott, 25 February, 2009 - 3:09pm

Thanks

That's from the book Spiders of NA.
The spider seems to be an immature. Hopefully we'll get some images of adults and figure something out.

… Jeff Hollenbeck, 26 February, 2009 - 12:33pm

Got it

in id request now.

… J. Ott, 6 May, 2009 - 11:10am

I will try

and get some more detailed images later this week.

… J. Ott, 1 March, 2009 - 11:53am