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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Hahniidae » Cicurina » idahoana (sensu lato) (Cicurina idahoana (sensu lato))

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Copyright © 2012 Kyron Basu

Cicurina -

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
September 1, 2012
Size: ~8mm body length

Found under some plastic around the side of the house. Unfortunately she wasn't very cooperative and kept moving around, so I didn't get many decent shots.

I think I've resolved the reflection issues with the epigynum shots for the most part, so I'm hopeful we can get a more definite ID than with the other Cicurinas I've submitted. This one seems to be a good match for the C. simplex diagrams on p. 25 of Exline 1936? Particularly 19a.

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Cicurina - female

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Cicurina - female

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 5 September, 2012 - 1:56am
Last updated 6 September, 2012 - 6:53am

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… Lynette Elliott, 6 September, 2012 - 6:53am

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From Rod Crawford

This belongs to the C. idahoana group. Most people would probably just call it C. idahoana, that being the only described member of the group. I distinguish 4 species in the group of which this would be either #1 or #2 - hard to tell which without knowing the exact (in hundredths of a mm) width of the epigynal plate.

… Lynette Elliott, 6 September, 2012 - 6:51am

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C. idahoana

Thanks, that was unexpected! Where in the epigynum image would the measurement for the epigynal plate need to be made? I know the exact magnification I took it at, and have a set of calipers accurate to hundredths of a mm, so I should be able to find out. At least, once I get a new battery for them...

Edit: Nevermind the calipers, any small object of known exact dimensions should do.

… Kyron Basu, 6 September, 2012 - 12:42pm

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Yes

by all means let me know, or you can always email Rod Crawford directly if you'd like.

… Lynette Elliott, 6 September, 2012 - 1:51pm

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