Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Mygalomorphs (Mygalomorphae) » Purseweb Spiders (Atypidae) » Sphodros » Sphodros fitchi
Photo#855147
Purseweb spider sp. - Sphodros fitchi - male
Copyright © 2013 kentamannen

Purseweb spider sp. - Sphodros fitchi - Male
Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
June 15, 2013
Size: 15-20 mm
It certainly looks like a purseweb spider to me. Although not all that clear from the picture, the pedipalps clearly indicated an adult male. It differs from a Redlegged purseweb spider by having orange, not red, legs and that only the very distal part of the femur is orange as opposed to the entire femur being red on a Redlegged puresweb spider (at least that is what it looks like on all the pictures I've seen of Redlegged pursewebs). Any idea what species it might be?
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by kentamannen on 14 October, 2013 - 9:29pm
Last updated 15 October, 2013 - 11:34am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kyron Basu, 15 October, 2013 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

Nice spider!
Welcome to BugGuide!
… Iustin Cret, 15 October, 2013 - 4:17am login or register to post comments

Sphodros
I wonder what the chances are this is Sphodros fitchi (would be a new species for the guide)? According to this checklist for OK, that's the only Sphodros species known from the state:
http://entoweb.okstate.edu/museum/araneae.htm
I'm unsure what it looks like though, so would like to see what others think.
… Kyron Basu, 14 October, 2013 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Sphodros fitchi
You nailed it. I opened the PDF - A Revision of the American Spiders of the Family Atypidae, Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 - and this spider matches the description for that species exactly. Here is what it says "This handsome species is only likely to be confused with S. rufipes; males of S. fitchi also have black bodies and carmine red legs in life, but the red coloration is limited to the dorsal surface of the distal ends of the femora plus all the more distal leg segments."

I'll let you make the new page since you figured it out. Nice!
… Lynette Elliott, 15 October, 2013 - 7:54am login or register to post comments

 
...
Very cool! :D
… Kyron Basu, 15 October, 2013 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact