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dark folium, unsorted, nitens, earmra, dearmata, versicolor (Tetragnatha dark folium, unsorted, nitens, earmra, dearmata, versicolor)
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Copyright © 2009
John Pearson
Longjawed Orbweaver -
Tetragnatha
Sutliff, Cedar County, Iowa, USA
June 24, 2009
Size: ~2 cm body (ex. legs)
Clinging to ridgepole of tent erected in grassy field with scattered trees.
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Contributed by
John Pearson
on 2 July, 2009 - 8:43pm
Last updated 23 July, 2011 - 4:52pm
Moved
Moved from
Longjawed Orbweavers
.
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john and jane balaban
, 23 July, 2011 - 4:52pm
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Tetragnatha versicolor
The most likely candidate would be the
versicolor
species. But since we can't see as closely as would be nice, I wouldn't necessarily bet my life on that ID. But I think it would be fine for Bug Guide? I'm not sure what other contributors think about placing specimens that can't completely be 'seen' and 100% identified. For instance, there are 15 species of
Tetragnatha
(and all are widespread)...yet only 6.5 of them have been recognized on Bug Guide so far (the .5 is for the species named '
elongata-like
'). So what if yours is one of those missing species, but we unknowingly place it in with the
versicolor
because we can't see it up-close enough? I'm not sure what to do, John...so I'll put it in your hands. :)
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Mandy Howe
, 2 November, 2009 - 1:45am
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Leave as genus
I think the solution is to leave it at genus level with the benefit of your comments for future readers. Thanks, Mandy!
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John Pearson
, 2 November, 2009 - 12:02pm
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looks like a Tetragnatha, long-jawed orb weaver
Mine's a different species, but you can see the similarity.
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Andrew Williams
, 2 July, 2009 - 9:20pm
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