Zodariidae sp. (family) at Murrumbateman, NSW

Zodariidae sp. (family)

Unidentified Ant spider or Spotted ground spider at Murrumbateman, NSW

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Identification history

	Zodariidae sp. (family)	12 Apr 2022	woyapp
	Zodariidae sp. (family)	11 Apr 2022	SimoneC

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Photos include 4 individuals, ants are very active in the area, the second photo is of a spider carrying its ant prey underneath (legs just visible)

3 comments

SimoneC wrote:

12 Apr 2022

Could these be Masasteron? Framenau, Baehr and Zborowski p303 has a photo of a similar spider from WA and says Masasteron all have highly complicated male pedipalps like the ones in the main photo

woyapp wrote:

13 Apr 2022

@SimoneC unfortunately you'd probably need to get it under a microscope to be sure. I'm also not aware of Masasteron distribution extending to Canberra. There are a number of other genera that have similarly complex pedipalps.

SimoneC wrote:

13 Apr 2022

Thanks for the explanation @woyapp

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