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Species Dictyna saepei

Dictyna male - nr. saepei?   - Dictyna saepei - male Dictyna male - nr. saepei?   - Dictyna saepei - male Dictyna male - nr. saepei?   - Dictyna saepei - male D. saepei male - Dictyna saepei - male D. saepei male - Dictyna saepei - male D. saepei male - Dictyna saepei - male D. saepei male - Dictyna saepei - male D. saepei female - Dictyna saepei - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Dictynidae (Mesh Web Weavers)
Genus Dictyna
Species saepei (Dictyna saepei)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Identification
"This is a very dark species which resembles idahoana and peon in coloration. The abdomen usually has the typical markings confluent to form a quite uniform black stripe from base to apex, has the sides blackish, and the median black stripe on the venter boldly outlined by the whitish patch on each side(1)".

Palp

Epigynum
Range
"California, Oregon and Washington(1)".
Season
Possibly a spring-maturing species in California? I have found adult males in March in the central CA inner coast range and in May in Modoc County so far (K. Schneider).
Works Cited
1.The Spider Family Dictynidae in American North of Mexico
R.V. Chamberlin and W.J. Gertsch. 1958. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History; Vol. 116 : Article 1.