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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Mesh Web Weavers (Dictynidae) » Nigma » Nigma linsdalei
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Tiny green male spider - Nigma linsdalei - male
Copyright © 2010 Ken Schneider

Tiny green male spider - Nigma linsdalei - Male
Stulsaft Park, Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
May 30, 2010
Size: Slightly larger than 2 mm
I beat this colorful green spider from an oak tree and was surprised to see that it was an adult male at this size. Any help getting it to family would be greatly appreciated. My attempt at keying it out (apparently eight eyes, ecribellate, no leg spines and ? three claws) led me towards elongated Theridiidae or Linyphiidae again, but I could easily be wrong. One can get a sense of the palp here, but I'll try to get a better palp photo later...

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 30 May, 2010 - 7:51pm
Last updated 31 May, 2010 - 8:50pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Ken Schneider, 31 May, 2010 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

Hint?
I'll offer a hint, because I know what species this is: we have a rather similar species here in Europe, and as you've probably already guessed, it's in the Dictynidae... :-)

-K

Of course, I could be wrong... :-)

BTW, it's already Monday evening here in Europe, so maybe the answer will come soon...

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 31 May, 2010 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the hint!
My guess would then be Nigma linsdalei... This spider is really tiny and I must have missed a small cribellum - there is a very small reddish pigmented structure in that region, but I couldn't have called it a cribellum even under the highest mag on my scope... :(
… Ken Schneider, 31 May, 2010 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep -
the palp is a perfect match to N. linsdalei - see figures 8-13 in plate 10 of the 1958 family revision by Chamberlin and Gertsch. Thanks, Kevin, and thanks for the link, John!
… Ken Schneider, 31 May, 2010 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

 
BTW, here is its European 'co
BTW, here is its European 'cousin', Nigma walckenaeria...

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 1 June, 2010 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

 
Glückwünsch!
Congratulations on your new species!

Who would have thought that this cute little green spider would be in your park? I imagine that RJ will have him/her in his California spider book (wondering how he's coming with that, btw).

I asked my Hungarian friend Walter about the blog; he says that it is written by a Hungarian fellow who is presently in the States (so perhaps working with Darryl U.?), but I didn't see his name and couldn't find any proper contact information for him.

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 1 June, 2010 - 12:57am login or register to post comments

Hi, Ken, I don't know what
Hi, Ken,

I don't know what it is, but by a terrific coincidence you may find the answer at this link sometime tomorrow:

http://apropok.blogspot.com/2010/05/kaliforniai-kitalalos-5.html
… John Sloan, 30 May, 2010 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow -
that sure looks like the same spider! Thanks, John!
… Ken Schneider, 30 May, 2010 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

 
What luck!
Yes, be sure to let us know what the answer is.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 May, 2010 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

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