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Species Euryopis formosa

a spider for Lynnette - Euryopis formosa

E. formosa immature female - Euryopis formosa - female

E. formosa female - Euryopis formosa - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)

Genus Euryopis

Species formosa (Euryopis formosa)

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: Banks. Year first published: 1908.

Size

Female 3.7-4.7 mm, Male 2.9-3.5 mm (Levi, 1954)

Range

Central CA north to BC and east to Wyoming. (Levi, 1954)

Remarks

Confirmation of pattern match can be found here. ID by Rod Crawford.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 20 September, 2013 - 8:44am

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