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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiinae) » Tennesseellum » Tennesseellum formica
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Spider ID - Tennesseellum formica - male
Copyright © 2010 Scott Justis

Spider ID - Tennesseellum formica - Male
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
July 31, 2010
Size: ~2.5-3mm
Small ant mimic. Very fast and agile like an ant. I thought it was an ant until it jumped off the leaf and was hanging by its web.

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Spider ID - Tennesseellum formica - male Spider ID - Tennesseellum formica - male Spider ID - Tennesseellum formica - male
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Contributed by Scott Justis on 4 August, 2010 - 9:04am
Last updated 19 July, 2012 - 8:26am

Moved to Tennesseellum formica
Moved from Tennesseellum.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 July, 2012 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders.
… Scott Justis, 18 July, 2012 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

 
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You can probably file as T. formica, since the only undescribed species is from California. Any critter filed on BugGuide without taxonomic verification is potentially undescribed. Lovely photos, BTW. Wish I'd managed as well.
… Joe Lapp, 19 July, 2012 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

Tenneesseellum
The projections on the ventral palpal tibia definitively place this in Tennesseellum (Linyphiidae). (The females don't have these projections though.) The habitus looks right too. Only one species is described for this genus, T. formica, but it is claimed that another is undescribed from California.
… Joe Lapp, 18 July, 2012 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
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… Scott Justis, 18 July, 2012 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Scott Justis, 14 August, 2010 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

Nice one
I'd guess Corinnidae.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 August, 2010 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
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… Scott Justis, 14 August, 2010 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Nice one Scott!
It looks like a mature male with those well developed palps.
… tom murray, 4 August, 2010 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tom!
Found it under a leaf of a wild lettuce plant. I selected 'adult' for this one due to the appearance of the palps.
… Scott Justis, 4 August, 2010 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

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