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Species Arachosia cubana

Unknown spider - Arachosia cubana Anyphaenidae? - Arachosia cubana Anyphaenidae? - Arachosia cubana Spider - Arachosia cubana Spider - Arachosia cubana - male Spider - Arachosia cubana Arachosia cubana Arachosia cubana
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Anyphaenidae (Ghost Spiders)
Genus Arachosia
Species cubana (Arachosia cubana)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Arachosia cubana, 2003
Oxysoma cubanum, 1940
Gayennina britcheri, 1935
Oxysoman cubana, 1909
Size
Female ~6 mm
Male ~5 mm(1)
Range
Southeastern Arizona to Michigan, Massachusetts, Florida and Cuba. Specific data points are from AR, AZ, CT, FL, MA, MI, NC, NJ, TX (1)
Season
Males-late May through late August (1)
Females-late March through late August (1)
Works Cited
1.The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico
N. Platnick. 1974. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol 146 (4): 205-266.