Holoplatys invenusta

Jumping spider at Flynn, ACT

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Identification history

Holoplatys invenusta	13 Aug 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Holoplatys invenusta	13 Aug 2020	YumiCallaway
Holoplatys sp. (genus)	10 Mar 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Damoetas nitidus	3 Feb 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	2 Feb 2020	Christine

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First pic is only one where flash worked. I do not know how to force flash on this camera.

10 comments

YumiCallaway wrote:

3 Feb 2020

What kind of camera do you have? Being able to force flash is quite important, especially when you find them in dark areas.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

3 Feb 2020

Christine are your size estimates right? and did you notice if this spider actually jumped or did it move more like an ant?

YumiCallaway wrote:

3 Feb 2020

https://apps.lucidcentral.org/salticidae/text/entities/damoetas_peckham__peckham_1886.htm
http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spiders/403.htm
^Here are two more reference points for the species Michael suggested.

Christine wrote:

3 Feb 2020

Hi Yumi and Michael, thanks for your comments, links and suggestion. I think the spider was quite small but I thought just over 5mm. It did not jump.
Yumi, I have a small pocket camera which is set to auto. A previous camera had a setting to force flash on, but this and my last one do not, it should flash if needed, but seems to need to be almost invisible before it does. I suppose I should download the manual and see if there is a way to force it. C.

YumiCallaway wrote:

4 Feb 2020

Thanks Christine! That would be really really helpful because pattern & colour is a big indicator for jumping spiders and often auto flash doesn't respond when you need it to (happens on my camera too, so I force-flash all the time). Maybe if you can't figure it out, try turning up the exposure so it's a bit more visible.

YumiCallaway wrote:

5 Feb 2020

Sighting 4239166: Potential sighting of the same individual/species noticed by Christine which could get ID after an ID is found for this one.
Also keep up to date with sighting 4250274

Bron wrote:

8 May 2020

This looks rather like Holoplatys invenusta on ALA except for leg colour. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bd756280-5265-494a-87e2-e270bf08543b ?

YumiCallaway wrote:

9 May 2020

Thanks Bron! I'm not sure if H. invenusta applies to this sighting and the other similar one Christine put up (4249255 & 4251631) as there is a noticeable lack in hairs and an overall lighter colour; it might.
I definitely agree for some others we have under Holoplatys sp at the moment! I think you've already found some of them: 3852821, 4250274, 4255266 and perhaps also 3362794 & 3362851 (the colouring of the scales are quite brown though, so I'm not sure)
Admin page is still down for me.
Extra resources:
http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spiders/707.htm
https://media.australianmuseum.net.au/media/Uploads/Journals/17745/46_complete.pdf

Bron wrote:

9 May 2020

Thanks Yumi I'm still not able to do any spider confirmations (I think due to software upgrades). Plus my computer has technical issues and needs hardware upgrades which are taking time during the shutdown. I'm looking forward to getting both things sorted :)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

13 Aug 2020

Thanks Bron and Yumi great to have a species name against this one

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