Gnaphosidae (family)

Ground spider at Murrumbateman, NSW

Gnaphosidae (family) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 14 Sep 2021
Gnaphosidae (family) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 14 Sep 2021
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Gnaphosidae (family) 15 Oct 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Gnaphosidae (family) 15 Sep 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 14 Sep 2021 SimoneC

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Really not sure what this small spider is, tossing up between some sort of jumping spider, or a small Lampona. None of the Lampona seem to have white markings on their cephalothorax. Jumping spiders like Sandalodes seem to have markings on the centre line

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   15 Sep 2021
Possibly in the Aphantaulax genus
SimoneC wrote:
   15 Sep 2021
Thanks for the suggestion Michael. It does look quite a bit like https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26311743 which is suggested to be Aphantaulax. If I see it again I will try to get photos of the eyes. It was quite fast moving and not keen on posing.

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