Thanatus

My guess would be Thanatus fo

My guess would be Thanatus formicinus (male). A sharp lateral and/or ventral view of the pedipalp would be nice.

-Kevin

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 10 October, 2009 - 2:33pm

Male palpal tibia spines

It appears that it has one dorsal and two prolateral tibia spines which would make it T. striatus? The dorsal abdomen pattern certainly doesn't match what I thought it would look like. See link on the genus page.

… Lynette Elliott, 2 December, 2009 - 12:25pm

I see one prolateral tibia pa

I see one prolateral tibia palpal tibia spine and one or two dorsal. T. striatus is too small (2.5 to 4 mm).

Take a look at Dondale & Redner's drawing of the T. formicinus palp (p. 115).

Such nice images -- too bad Arlo can't/couldn't provide a ventral view of the palp.

-Kevin

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 2 December, 2009 - 3:24pm

Well

then that supports your theory of T. formicinus.

… Lynette Elliott, 2 December, 2009 - 8:47pm

And my inability to proofread

And my inability to proofread what I write -- glad you could make your way through that first sentence.

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 3 December, 2009 - 1:07am

Will try to track this specimen down -

I am between houses, the archive is a bit chaotic right now. Can you tell me what "prolateral" means? Is it the same as fronterolateral?

… Arlo Pelegrin, 3 December, 2009 - 1:43am

Probably -- it's the same as

Probably -- it's the same as "medial" or "inside view" in this context.

If you are a spider, stick all your limbs straight out to the sides; the forward side (anterior direction on the spider) is the prolateral, and the rear (posterior direction) is the retrolateral.

-Kevin

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 3 December, 2009 - 3:06am