Linyphiid male - Lepthyphantes?

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Linyphiid male - Lepthyphantes? -

Presidio, Dragonfly Creek, San Francisco County, California, USA
May 4, 2020
Size: ca 2.5 mm

I sifted a matching male and female linyphiid from coast redwood (S. sempervirens) leaf litter and collected both. I am hoping someone might recognize them - they both key tentatively to Lepthyphantes in SONA and clearly have dorsal tibial spines and at least one metatarsal spine. Although Lepthyphantes doesn't look totally wrong, I can't find a match in Zorsch or elsewhere, at least yet... One always has to consider exotic introductions as well, given the location. The matching female is here:

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 6 May, 2020 - 5:15pm

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