Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Jumping spider > Pseudeuophrys lanigera
#1
Clitheroe UK, 24 March 2011.
This looks darker than most of our
Salticus scenicus. Is it just a colour variation?
#2
Hello, Stephen!
Stephen R wrote:
This looks darker than most of our Salticus scenicus. Is it just a colour variation?
Not genus
Salticus. Looks like
Pseudeuophrys, but from this angle one can't be sure. Do you have a more dorsal pic? And a description of the habitat (
P. lanigera is abundant at houses here)?
#3
Thanks, Juergen. The only other view I took shows little more. The spider was on the top of a low stone wall in the park - lots of crevices to hide in. I often see
Salticus in the same place.
#4
Hello, Stephen!
Here at our house there are numbers of
Salticus scenicus and
Pseudeuophrys lanigera together (and often
Marpissa muscosa).
Pseudeuophrys erratica is not so synanthropic. Your's must be a male of either
P. lanigera or
erratica - with
lanigera having two yellowish spots near the end of the abdomen. Therefore a dorsal pic could have been the clue...
#5
Many thanks Juergen. I'll look out for another one and get a dorsal shot if I can!
#6
I found it again today in the same place. Does this help?
#8
Hello, Stephen!
Stephen R wrote:
I found it again today in the same place. Does this help?
Yes, it is clearly
Pseudeuophrys lanigera.
#9
I can see it's not the same individual. Is this one female?
#10
Hello, Stephen!
Stephen R wrote:
I can see it's not the same individual. Is this one female?
Yes. The palps are not thickened, and it is less dark (especially the legs) than the male.