Prostheclina amplior

Orange Jumping Spider at Acton, ACT

Prostheclina amplior at Acton, ACT - 13 Sep 2019
Prostheclina amplior at Acton, ACT - 13 Sep 2019
Prostheclina amplior at Acton, ACT - 13 Sep 2019
Prostheclina amplior at Acton, ACT - 13 Sep 2019
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Identification history

Prostheclina amplior 20 Sep 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Prostheclina pallida 20 Sep 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Prostheclina bulburin 18 Sep 2019 YumiCallaway
Unidentified 17 Sep 2019 TimL

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A very active Jumping Spider sighted on a handrail in ANBG's Rainforest Gully.

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YumiCallaway wrote:
   18 Sep 2019
The same reasoning as the ones commented on this sighting: Unidentified on 13 Sep 2019
The only difference being that this one has the distinct black hairs on the front legs which the other sighting does not. I'm sure this individual is Prostheclina bulburin.
   20 Sep 2019
Thanks Yumi - have settled on the genus as it would be a big and disjunct range extension of bulburin, but you may well be proved right.
   21 Sep 2019
Barry Richardson of CSIRO provided the following "The one with the furry red face and no brush on the front legs is P. pallida. The one with the brush on first legs is P. amplior. P. bulburin is a Queensland species. P. pallida should not be here, only amplior..."

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  • 13 Sep 2019 01:27 PM Recorded on
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