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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Ghelna
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Unidentified Salticid - Ghelna - male
Copyright © 2009 Sam Martin

Unidentified Salticid - Ghelna - Male
Bixby (south of Tulsa), Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Size: ~ 6mm body length
Unknown Salticid found while riding on a hay wagon helping my parents pick up hay for our horses. Was in the loose hay on the bottom of the trailer (and we were driving on the road at the time!) Captured and photographed later in captivity. I have absolutely no clue as to genus or species on this one, although I'm fairly certain it's a male.

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Contributed by Sam Martin on 11 August, 2009 - 9:59pm
Last updated 16 November, 2019 - 6:05pm

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 16 November, 2019 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phidippus whitmani.
… Don Cadle, 28 July, 2019 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phidippus.
… Don Cadle, 18 December, 2013 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Ghelna canadensis
I know, out of range, but this animal has all the field marks and shape of Ghelna canadensis. That last photo looks really "whitmani" in stance, but the leg segment colors, shape, translucent red carapace, all point to male Ghelna.
… Bothrops07, 11 December, 2018 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Worth revisiting
It does appear that I erroneously identified this as P. whitmani. I'm not familiar with the Ghelna canadensis markings, but I'm quite certain that it isn't P. whitmani. Thank you for the correction.
… Don Cadle, 28 July, 2019 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

Sub-adult
These are some great images of a penultimate male P. whitmani.
… Don Cadle, 18 December, 2013 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders. Wow - what a gorgeous set of photos! Might be P. cardinalis, but I'm not sure. Jay Barnes or another salticid enthusiast will probably be able to get this to species eventually.
… Ken Schneider, 18 June, 2010 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2009 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

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