small spider - Eustala cepina

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Thanks Kevin. Is the female also a Eustala cepina?

… tom murray, 8 February, 2011 - 6:07am

No, I think not. See my added

No, I think not. See my added comments (and photo) there.

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 8 February, 2011 - 7:48am

E. cepina!

Oops, this is Eustala cepina. Sloppy work on my part -- thanks J & J for reviving this thread. In my notes I wrote that I was relatively certain about the determination (hmm, although I hadn't detached the palp) but I also added "double-check, just in case". But what bothers me even more is that if I had bothered to check the ranges given for size, a red flag would have gone up. Tom records 3.6 mm for this specimen, but Dondale et al. 2003 show 5.15 plus/minus 0.82 mm for anastera. Hmmm, sleeping on the job. :-)

Thanks, again, John! (Images to follow.)

P.S. - And I'm going to take one more look at the female specimen Tom collected in the same general location (but later in the year):

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 8 February, 2011 - 5:57am

Three possibilities for Mass

E. anastera, cepina, and emertoni

… john and jane balaban, 7 February, 2011 - 5:54pm

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It looks like this is the first male identified in bugguide for the Humpbacked Orbweaver. Thanks Kevin!

… tom murray, 16 December, 2009 - 5:15pm

Yes,

good job to you and Kevin.

… Lynette Elliott, 16 December, 2009 - 5:24pm

..Thank you

My pleasure; anyway, it's Tom who does the hard work. (And it's like getting a box of cookies from home when his or John Maxwell's) packages arrive.

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 17 December, 2009 - 3:35am

Eustala anastera

I haven't checked to see what other Eustala species might be possible, but the palp appears to be a perfect match to Paquin & Dupérré's drawing for Eustala anastera, the only species they include for Quebéc.

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 16 December, 2009 - 8:20am

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… Lynette Elliott, 3 October, 2009 - 9:46am

Not sure

reminds me of genus Eustala.

… Lynette Elliott, 25 September, 2009 - 9:34am

Eustala looks like a good possibility

I saved the specimen, and will eventually get it out to Keven.

… tom murray, 25 September, 2009 - 3:58pm