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Ghostie - Anyphaena pectorosa - female
Copyright © 2011 Brad Barnd

Ghostie - Anyphaena pectorosa - Female
Hancock County, Indiana, USA
June 19, 2011
Size: 8 mm
Ghost spider, from . The other one is another mature female of the same species.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 19 June, 2011 - 5:31pm
Last updated 16 October, 2011 - 10:10am

Moved
Moved from Ghost Spiders. Nice one!
… Lynette Elliott, 16 October, 2011 - 10:10am

Anyphaena pectorosa
Nice find -- this is Anyphaena pectorosa (see Dondale & Redner 1982), one of those northeastern species that Rod would not usually come across.

Pictures later. New BG species, isn't it?

P.S. -- Here's a similar specimen, photgraphed by Tanasevitch: Anyphaena pectorosa L.Koch, 1866

More photos here:
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 16 October, 2011 - 3:26am

Hibana maybe
Rod Crawford says: The only anyphanenid this looks like is Aysha (Hibana). A. gracilis is the only Aysha recorded from Indiana. But this looks pretty unlike published figures of gracilis, epigynum-wise.
… Lynette Elliott, 20 June, 2011 - 7:57pm

 
Interesting
I'm sending both of these to Kevin, so hopefully we'll know more once he looks at them.
… Brad Barnd, 20 June, 2011 - 9:32pm

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