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Ghelna canadensis
Photo#48893
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
.
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Ben Coulter
, 31 January, 2011 - 4:21pm
Moved
Moved from
Jumping Spiders
.
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Ben Coulter
, 31 January, 2011 - 12:48pm
Ghelna sp.
Ben, I just got the Massachusetts list of Salticids from Dick Walton, and the only species of Ghelna listed was canadensis.
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tom murray
, 31 January, 2011 - 3:53pm
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.
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Ben Coulter
, 31 January, 2011 - 4:21pm
specimens
If I find another one of these, I'll definitely save it for Kevin. Thanks for the help Ben!
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tom murray
, 31 January, 2011 - 4:48pm
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:
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Ben Coulter
, 28 January, 2011 - 10:35pm
Ghelna canadensis?
That would be nice to get the female represented. And it looks like a good match with the Maryland one.
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tom murray
, 29 January, 2011 - 9:35am
Yeah
I'll try and get a confirmation first.
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Ben Coulter
, 29 January, 2011 - 10:53am