BG3208 F1069-76h - Drassyllus aprilinus

Moved

… Lynette Elliott, 25 March, 2011 - 9:05am

D. aprilinus

I am almost certain that this must be D. aprilinus. Chamberlin's (1936a) illustrations of D. ostegae, which Platnick and Shadab later synomized with D. aprilinus, are an even closer match.

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 25 March, 2011 - 6:17am

One possibility that comes to

One possibility that comes to mind -- while trying to skim 100 pages of Platnick & Shadab 1982a at the same time as overseeing breakfast for a 3-year-old -- is D. aprilinus. Take a look at fig. 130 on page 47 of their article. They write: "Drassyllus aprilinus is a distinctive species easily recognized by the median projection at the tip of the TA." Unfortunately the projection on that tip (which you'll recognize in their illustration) is not so clearly visible in your detail of the pedipalp. But the general form and shape seem to fit. In Louisiana they show a record for Madison County and the distribution appears to range from Texas and the lower central midwest across to Florida and up the eastern seaboard.

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 25 March, 2011 - 2:20am

Spider ID

Hi Kevin, thanks for your research on our specimen, especially with assistance from a three-year old! I took your advice and rephotographed the palp under liquid (I did it the easy way without the scuba gear). If TA is tegular apophysis, it may be visible on these photos.
Gayle

… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 25 March, 2011 - 12:53pm

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… Lynette Elliott, 21 March, 2011 - 4:40pm

Drassylus?

Looks like it might belong to the genus Drassylus. I'll need to do some further investigation. Nice photo of the pedipalp, but it's much easier to see the details when it's photographed underwater (the palp, not the photographer). :-)

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 21 March, 2011 - 11:15am

Ground Spider

Let's see what Kevin / John say about those palps.

… Lynette Elliott, 17 March, 2011 - 9:08am