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spider - Coras medicinalis - male

spider - Coras medicinalis - Male
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 14, 2010
Size: ~10mm - body
This lucky spider was found by me in our garage and safely moved outdoors. I have an underside view, too, but it isn't very clear.

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Moved
Moved from Tegenaria.

Done.

Coras or Tegenaria?
Was any consensus reached on whether this is Coras or Tegenaria? If it's Coras, it's in the wrong section.

Coras sp. ?
I think this might be a Coras species. Tegenaria tend to have a duller, more hairy carapace than this. What do you guys think?

 
Yeah, I think you're right. W
Yeah, I think you're right. Whose idea was Tegenaria, anyway? (Mensch and that was only last year.) :-(

-K

 
Well, it may have been partially my fault too
we had one specimen that Rod looked at and gave a tentative ID as Tegenaria. It was fairly similar to this. After that I went through a period of serious confusion between the two genera, but I think I'm over than now?

 
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Did we forget to move this to Coras or is there some doubt?

 
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No, it's certainly Coras. The question is, which one (medicinalis or lamellosus). After a bit of this way and that way, my pick would be Coras medicinalis -- that is unless someone with a sharper eye comes along and says otherwise.

 
Even if the species can't be
Even if the species can't be identified, it should probably be moved from Tegenaria to Coras.

Moved
Moved from True Spiders.

Tegenaria, probably domestica
Tegenaria, probably domestica.

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