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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Ray Spiders (Theridiosomatidae) » Theridiosoma
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120811Spider - Theridiosoma
Copyright © 2011 Ken Allen

120811Spider - Theridiosoma
Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
December 8, 2011
Size: 1mm
This spider was hanging from a strand outside. Photo is not great, but thought that the shape might tell something about it.

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Contributed by Ken Allen on 9 December, 2011 - 3:40pm
Last updated 26 August, 2012 - 10:28am

Moved to Theridiosoma
Moved from Entelegynes . Yes I can see the hairs now too. That seems like a reasonable ID to me.
… Lynette Elliott, 26 August, 2012 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

cf. Theridiosoma
Ooh, I think see something. In the 2nd pic, it looks like there's two really long trichobothria (long, thin hairs) on the 3rd & 4th tibiae, which should mean it could be a Theridiosoma... but Florida has two species, so not sure which one. Here's the county records for each species (from GB Edwards); T. gemmosum: Alachua, Calhoun, Highlands, Liberty, Orange, & Seminole. For T. savannum: Alachua & Hernando. So I don't think we can narrow it based on location, seems like either species would be possible in Hillsborough County.
… Mandy Howe, 26 August, 2012 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Mandy.
You have better eyes than I do. Of course, they are quite a bit younger!
… Ken Allen, 26 August, 2012 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 27 January, 2012 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

juvenile male
At 1 mm with enlarged palps we should be able to narrow this down somewhat. I wonder if it could be a juvenile male Mysmenidae.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 December, 2011 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
That would seem possible.
According to the comments of Rod Crawford on one of the BG photos, the abdomen is at least somewhat diagnostic. The mottling, without any real pattern, seems also to match up.
… Ken Allen, 18 December, 2011 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

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