Spider with attached parasite - Anyphaena californica

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Moved from Spiders.

… Ken Schneider, 10 November, 2008 - 10:49pm

Images

Just added a couple more

… John R. Maxwell, 10 November, 2008 - 1:16am

Thanks, John!

I will have to take a closer look at this spider - I think you might be correct about the family and genus - some of the epigyne images in the Plotnick revision of this family closely resemble this spider... I've also posted this on CAF. Any ideas about the larva?

… Ken Schneider, 10 November, 2008 - 11:44am

None at all

Guessing maybe some type of lice, assuming it was attached to the spider and not just scooped up with it.

… John R. Maxwell, 10 November, 2008 - 12:54pm

OK -

Thanks for all your help with this one - after looking more closely at the Plotnick paper (online), I think this might be Anyphaena californica based on the epigynum. I will try to get an expert to confirm.

… Ken Schneider, 10 November, 2008 - 1:11pm

Right again, John!

RJ Adams confirmed the species ID based on the epigynum image - thanks for getting me on the right track!

… Ken Schneider, 10 November, 2008 - 10:50pm

Your welcome

Now I just have to find out which species are in NJ :-)

… John R. Maxwell, 10 November, 2008 - 11:01pm

Well -

the Platnick revision (link to a file from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) that I placed on the family page shows maps for each of the species in the family! That should narrow down the possibilities for NJ substantially. I doubt, though, that you could get to the species level without a palp/epigynum image.

… Ken Schneider, 10 November, 2008 - 11:54pm

Not an ID but

I have one with a similar pattern, and we actually have some with this pattern in Anyphaena, may be worth a peek?

… John R. Maxwell, 10 November, 2008 - 12:58am