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Arcuphantes arcuatulus? - Arcuphantes arcuatulus - male
Copyright © 2012 Kyron Basu

Arcuphantes arcuatulus? - Arcuphantes arcuatulus - Male
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
November 9, 2012
Size: ~4mm body length
Found on the side of the house. His palps look like a good match for Arcuphantes arcuatulus from Chamberlin & Ivie 1943, as does his chelicera visible in the face shot (albeit the diagram in the paper is a posterior view).

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 10 November, 2012 - 2:47am
Last updated 13 November, 2012 - 10:03pm

ID confirmed by Rod Crawford
Moved from Spiders.
… Kyron Basu, 13 November, 2012 - 10:03pm

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That's clearly the male. (Unless Rod has come across a new Arcuphantes species that C & I didn't know about. But even that I doubt -- the match to the palp is too close.)

Nice work.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 12 November, 2012 - 4:50am

 
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Great, thanks! I think we're on solid ground with this one, though Rod did mention regarding the female that there's a similar species in Oregon. That species might be undescribed, I didn't ask him what it was.
… Kyron Basu, 12 November, 2012 - 1:28pm

Arcuphantes arcuatulus?
I'll be looking forward to the answer. He certainly has impressive chelicerae.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 November, 2012 - 9:51am

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