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Jumper with white pedipalps - Metacyrba punctata? - Metacyrba punctata - male

Jumper with white pedipalps - Metacyrba punctata? - Metacyrba punctata - Male
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
April 2, 2012
Size: 5mm BL
Another one that came home from school with my daughter. This must be genus Metacyrba and my best guess is M.punctata based on the dorsal abdomen pattern. However, of the three specimens listed in BugGuide, one has dark pedipalps and a yellow face, a second has dark pedipalps with unknown face color (no frontal view), and one has a dark face with white pedipalps such as this one. Are these color variants of the same species, perhaps with different ages or are they possibly different species? Also wonder if this is the adult counterpart of a juvenile I found back in Aug 2010: .

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Thanks Lyn.
So, do you think my older find is the same species too? And what do you think about the other color patterns of other specimens listed among M.punctata?

 
Yes, Dan, the immature in the
Yes, Dan, the immature in the images you submitted previously also shows the punctata spot pattern, so I've moved those images to the punctata page. If you read GB Edwards'revision of the Metacyrba (Insecta Mundi Vol. 19, No. 4, p. 193), you'll see that punctata is the only Metacyrba to show this spot pattern. That is a very neat species to have as a house/yard spider! (As with many FL exotics, this is a synanthropic species in our state.) According to GB, it is now known in FL from Lee, Sarasota, Manatee, and Hillsborough counties.

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