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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Thin-legged Wolf Spiders (Pardosa) » Pardosa californica

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Copyright © 2010 Ken Schneider

Small male lycosid - Pardosa californica -

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
April 2, 2008
Size: 5.5 mm

Ventral view of right palp. Looked most similar to Pardosa to me at first, but still working on it...

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Small male lycosid - Pardosa californica - male

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 30 January, 2010 - 11:24am
Last updated 24 March, 2019 - 6:07pm

Moved

Moved from Wolf Spiders.

… Ken Schneider, 31 January, 2010 - 9:58am

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ID -

Dr. Beatrice Vogel was kind enough to take a look at these images and confirm the identification.

… Ken Schneider, 1 February, 2010 - 1:13pm

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Too dark

Hi, Ken,

Have you got a lighter image? I can't see any of the palpal structures well enough to venture an ID.

… John Sloan, 30 January, 2010 - 5:10pm

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Sorry, John -

I've replaced it with a brighter, but more distant shot. My scope set-up still isn't bright enough sometimes for small stuff. :(

I think this is Pardosa californica?

Similar (but opposite palp) to figure 118 in this paper?

… Ken Schneider, 31 January, 2010 - 12:31am

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Looks very close

I can see a little more detail now and I'd say you're on the right track. I can't see the details in your picture enough to say with certainty it's a match, but you're probably right about the ID. :)

… John Sloan, 31 January, 2010 - 2:17am

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Thanks for taking a look, John -

I wasn't convinced until I compared the other (left) palp under the scope to the corresponding figure in Vogel. This pic is still a little too dark... This one is a sister species to your hyperborea, I guess?

… Ken Schneider, 31 January, 2010 - 10:02am

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I think so

I've got a female P. hyperborea in the database, and hope to post some pictures of the live male this year (I've got some in alcohol - I'll try and post a palp picture one of these days). The female looks quite different from your female P. californica, though:

… John Sloan, 31 January, 2010 - 1:47pm

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