Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Spider, Salticidae
Posted by eguzki on 09-04-2007 21:12
#1
Location: Hungary
Habitat: Lucerne field
Size: Very small, just about a few mm
Date: 09-04-07
My previous Salticidae thread proved to be unsolved, thus I have only little hope that this tiny metallic green spider will be recognized.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 10-04-2007 21:05
#2
Hello!
eguzki wrote:
My previous Salticidae thread proved to be unsolved, thus I have only little hope that this tiny metallic green spider will be recognized.
Sorry, I can only tell the genus for sure:
Heliophanus. May be a male
H. cupreus, but definitely only identifiable by genitalia examination...
Posted by eguzki on 11-04-2007 21:10
#3
Hi Juergen!
The genus level is just enough for me even it is much more than I expected! And what is your opinion about it?:
Arachnida, Salticidae
It was my first jumping spider, and I thought that it will be easy to ID but it has been waiting for its name ever since.
Thank you again!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-04-2007 03:22
#4
Hello!
eguzki wrote:
And what is your opinion about it?:
Arachnida, Salticidae
It was my first jumping spider, and I thought that it will be easy to ID but it has been waiting for its name ever since.
I had looked several times at that thread, but am still not 100% sure about the spider on the first two pics. The last two are clearly
Evarcha arcuata females, but I have never seen one with such a distinctive pattern as the first one. But still no other spider in my literature does match it better than
E. arcuata. So I think, it it 90% this species... (
E. falcata being even more dull in the female gender). But I do not have pics of female
E. laetabunda and
E. michalovi, two very similar species occuring mostly in south east Europe.
Posted by eguzki on 12-04-2007 19:07
#5
Hello!
Thank you for your detailed response. I am satisfied knowing the genus level. It will be cataloguized as
Evarcha sp.
Greetings!