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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Ghelna » Ghelna canadensis
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Jumping Spider - Ghelna canadensis
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Jumping Spider - Ghelna canadensis
Foxboro, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
April 21, 2006
Size: 8mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 21 April, 2006 - 9:36pm
Last updated 15 November, 2022 - 5:47pm

Moved
Moved from Ghelna.
… Ben Coulter, 31 January, 2011 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Ben Coulter, 31 January, 2011 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Ghelna sp.
Ben, I just got the Massachusetts list of Salticids from Dick Walton, and the only species of Ghelna listed was canadensis.
… tom murray, 31 January, 2011 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
moving
I think it would be safe to move it there for now. It does seem to be the default northern representative. If you find more, maybe we should send some specimens to Kevin.
… Ben Coulter, 31 January, 2011 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
specimens
If I find another one of these, I'll definitely save it for Kevin. Thanks for the help Ben!
… tom murray, 31 January, 2011 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

Ghelna canadensis?
Best guess for this right now is Ghelna canadensis, a terrestrial dendryphantine, but I'm not certain yet. Compare to this individual from Maryland:

… Ben Coulter, 28 January, 2011 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Ghelna canadensis?
That would be nice to get the female represented. And it looks like a good match with the Maryland one.
… tom murray, 29 January, 2011 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

 
Yeah
I'll try and get a confirmation first.
… Ben Coulter, 29 January, 2011 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

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