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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Ghost Spiders (Anyphaenidae) » Anyphaena » Anyphaena celer
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spider - Anyphaena celer - male
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

spider - Anyphaena celer - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 20, 2010
Size: 4.1mm
Found on the snow.

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Contributed by tom murray on 20 February, 2010 - 6:47pm
Last updated 24 February, 2010 - 1:44pm

Yes, celer. Specimen: kmp-
Yes, celer.

Specimen: kmp-6299
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 8 November, 2010 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anyphaena.
Kevin, I'll place it on the species page, and after you get the specimen, it can be confirmed.
… tom murray, 24 February, 2010 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
Thanks Mandy! I thought it might be a Ghost Spider, but wasn't sure.
… tom murray, 20 February, 2010 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Looks like an Anyphaena sp.
...of the anyphaenidae family. Maybe sometime I can see if any of the palps resemble your lateral images, and come up with a species. Or maybe someone else already knows and can comment. :)
… Mandy Howe, 20 February, 2010 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
A. celer might be a possibili
A. celer might be a possibility?

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 23 February, 2010 - 6:18am login or register to post comments

 
..
One would want to confirm this, but judging by the key in Bryant (1931): "Dorsal section of tibial apophysis of palpus broad and triangular", which, I think, would correspond to the third image in this series, this might indeed be the most common Anyphaena species A. celer.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 23 February, 2010 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

 
I see what you're talking about in the 3rd image
I haven't read Bryant's paper yet, but definitely trust your work.
… Mandy Howe, 23 February, 2010 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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