Dwarf Spider? - Hypsosinga pygmaea

Moved to Hypsosinga pygmaea

Moved from Entelegynes . ID based on range and black eye region.

… Lynette Elliott, 30 August, 2012 - 9:33am

Hypsosinga pygmaea?

After the crop, I feel like it might be Hypsosinga pygmaea:

That species is described as *not* having bands on the legs, but as we can see with John's verified specimen (thumbnail), I guess they do get black on their legs.

(My other thought was Hypselistes florens (dwarf spider). It's the only species of that genus collected in NB so far and is supposed to be common... however, one thing that bugged me about it being H. florens is that the eye area is black, so that's why I changed my mind to Hypsosinga instead. Hypsosinga pygmaea & Hypsosinga rubens are the two species known to NB and H. pygmaea fits better.)

… Mandy Howe, 29 August, 2012 - 9:21pm

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… Lynette Elliott, 12 August, 2009 - 11:03pm

Moved

Moved from Ceraticelus silus.

… john and jane balaban, 28 July, 2009 - 5:34pm

Hi, Freija-

You write "dwarf spider" with a question mark, but then proceed to name the species, akin to writing "Oak tree? / Quercus velutina". If you know the species, then you know the family. In any event, how did you narrow this down from the 30+ species of Ceraticelus? (Perhaps I'm asking a dumb question, but maybe I'll learn something that way.)

-Kevin

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 2 July, 2009 - 3:57pm

I think the latin name pops up automatically

because I didn't write it into the title. I was browsing through the spider families and saw a picture of a spider that looked like a match, but I don't know much about the important identifying features of spiders, so I put the ? in to be sure that someone would check to verify. But I wanted to contribute the picture, if it is the right species, because it is a clear image and there are not many up.

… Freija Fritillary, 6 July, 2009 - 12:21pm

Hi, Freija, There are hund

Hi, Freija,

There are hundreds, if not thousands of linyphiids (dwarf spiders), and as mentioned, I think there are 30+ Ceraticelus species in N. A. Perhaps you've got the right genus, put I don't think it is possible to guess at the species based on the one other image here (someone feel free to show me otherwise).

-Kevin

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 6 July, 2009 - 2:59pm