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Ground spider? - Allocosa funerea

Ground spider? - Allocosa funerea
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
April 26, 2009
Size: 5 mm long
Found on cement area near swamp

Moved
Moved from Allocosa.

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.

Moved
Moved from Spiders.

Not a lycosid at all.
But rather a member of Corinnidae.

(Carapace shape + leg structure + lack of protruding spinnerets)

 
We would suggest you look at the link
in our other comment. In our opinion, the posterior lateral eyes are too far back for anything but Lycosidae. See what you think.

 
I did see the link, and it ma
I did see the link, and it may very well be a Lycosid, but based just on the leg/carapace shape/structure(and the fact that the eyes are not clearly visible at all) I would personally say Corinnidae. (Though, I have been wrong in the past, and it is most definitely possible.)

 
Now if we can only find an expert
to help us both out!!

Looks to have eyes far back on the head
as in Allocosa in the Lycosidae here

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