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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Hahniidae » Cicurina » Cicurina simplex
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Cicurina simplex? - Cicurina simplex - male
Copyright © 2012 Kyron Basu

Cicurina simplex? - Cicurina simplex - Male
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
October 23, 2012
Size: ~7mm body length
Found in the woodpile. Might be the first Cicurina I've seen in there.

The retrolateral palp view looks like a pretty good match for C. simplex in Exline 1936. For some reason on the ventral shot, the spider refused to hold his palp in such a way as to have the principal apophysis align nicely. The color also matches with local C. simplex females.

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 24 October, 2012 - 3:05am
Last updated 24 October, 2012 - 7:31pm

ID confirmed by Rod Crawford
"Yes, the sickle-shaped RTA that is "fat" in the middle third is a dead giveaway."

Moved from Spiders.
… Kyron Basu, 24 October, 2012 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

Looks good
The Chamberlin & Ivie (1940) drawings are much better, in my opinion. Rod's the expert, but I think you're right about C. simplex.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 24 October, 2012 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
C. simplex
Thanks!

I'll look into getting C&I 1940. I've been using Exline 'cause it was downloadable from the AMNH. :D
… Kyron Basu, 24 October, 2012 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

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