Spider found under rock - Homalonychus theologus

Moved

Moved from Homalonychus. Great. Now we have both female and male images of this species.

… Lynette Elliott, 23 May, 2011 - 3:49pm

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Moved from ID Request. I think there are only two species and H. selenopoides is found mostly east of the Colorado River. So this is the female theologus?

… Lynette Elliott, 22 May, 2011 - 6:01pm

H. selenopoides

Thanks for the ID. Actually, Roth 1984 lists H. theologus as occurring south of Inyo Co. CA, and H. selenopoides as occuring in Inyo Co, CA and Nye Co, NV (as well as AZ and probably MEX). Nye Co, NV is where we found it, so it probably is H. selenopoides. Can you tell this is a female?

… Lynn Monroe, 22 May, 2011 - 6:14pm

I think there is new info

I hope I understood it correctly. Marshal Hedin helped write a paper you can read here. It does look like Nevada is not a definite as the other areas.

I don't see any swelling of the palp, so that's why I think it's female. Also it has the shorter legs of a female.

… Lynette Elliott, 22 May, 2011 - 6:42pm

Homalonychus theologus

Thanks for referring me to the Crewe and Hedin article, Lynette. Yes, you are right. The comprehensive testing that was done in the southern Nye county, NV area where we saw this spider indicates it definitely is Homalonychus theologus. Thanks again.

… Lynn Monroe, 23 May, 2011 - 10:53am

Reminds us of

Nice find!

… john and jane balaban, 22 May, 2011 - 10:51am

Homalonychus sp

You have found our spider--or at least its family and genus! We have gone to the link you posted--and there it was. We tried to read what we could from the various links. Some we will have to go to the library to download. But from appearance, location, every habit we read about, it is almost positively a Homalonychus sp. Still trying to find out which one of the three. Thanks so much for your help.

… Lynn Monroe, 22 May, 2011 - 2:48pm