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Anyphaena celer - female
Copyright © 2010 John R. Maxwell

Anyphaena celer - Female
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
March 28, 2010
Size: Maybe around 4 mm?
Found in the kitchen. It thought that it was helping my wife cook much more than she thought that it was helping. (Been there!)
I have the spider if anyone wants to take a look. Adult female?
Same as this one and probably this

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 28 March, 2010 - 11:46pm
Last updated 28 April, 2010 - 4:36pm

Moved
Moved from Anyphaena. Thanks again!
… John R. Maxwell, 28 April, 2010 - 4:36pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… John R. Maxwell, 1 April, 2010 - 12:38am

Ghost Spider
certainly looks right, I'm not sure about genus or species. Maybe John, Kevin or Mandy can tell you something about the epigyne?
… Lynette Elliott, 29 March, 2010 - 9:43am

 
Yep, Anyphaena is right...
...based on the position of the tracheal spiracale (halfway between the epigastric furrow and the spinnerets), we can count out Hibana... and based on habitus, we can count out the other 4 genera. I'll look through some Anyphaena epigynes and see what I come up with. I might end up needing a closer zoom of the epigyne, but we'll see.
… Mandy Howe, 29 March, 2010 - 12:00pm

 
Anyphaena cf. celer?
I think I see what looks like an epigynal hood in the closeup picture of the epigyne, which Dondale and Redner mention for this species. Would need a crisper picture to confirm, though.
… John Sloan, 1 April, 2010 - 12:25pm

 
A. celer
Yes, A. celer. The hood is quite pronounced. I'll try to photograph this epigynum as well.

-Kevin

Specimen: kmp-6221
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 26 April, 2010 - 9:09am

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