Arasia mollicoma at ANBG

1 Flat-white Jumping Spider at ANBG

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Identification history

Arasia mollicoma	22 Sep 2020	YumiCallaway
Arasia mollicoma	22 Sep 2020	YumiCallaway
Unidentified	22 Sep 2020	Roger

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We cannot find an ID for this spider. It was at the ANBG on the bark of a eucalypt and hardly stopped moving. It would be nice to have a name for this guy.

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YumiCallaway wrote:

22 Sep 2020

References:
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2313
http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spiders/492.htm
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7774ebfe-4f2e-44e7-880b-d2acb2fce87a#overview
Whyte & Anderson (2017) page 235: "Arasia spp. are large, slender, somewhat flattish jumping spiders and extremely fast runners. The legs are long, the first pair being slightly larger than the others, with obvious spines. This species is common on tree trunks, under and on bark, especially on pale-trunked gum trees in NT, QLD, NSW and the ACT. They can be quite variable in appearance. The male is larger than the female."

Roger wrote:

22 Sep 2020

Thank you Yumi, we spent quite a time trying to ID this spider and just couldn't find any thing that fitted, much appreciated.

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