ID jumping spider

[Crotalus]

Any idea what this might be? From Manitoba, Canada

 

[Brian S]

Hi Lelle,
I dont have the best pics in the world in my book but I believe it is Metaphidippus galathea
No guarantees on that but that is what it appears to be according to my book

 

[Brian S]

Hold on, it also looks alot like M protervus too.
It would sure be nice to have a good Field Guide dedicated to just spiders with good pics for ID purposes

 

[NRF]

It is a male and belongs to the genus Evarcha. It it very similar to the Palaearctic E. falcata and has to be a closely related sp.

 

[Sheri]

It must then be Evarcha hoyi - the only species in the genus found here according to the most comprehensive list of manitoba spiders I have access to.


One of the cutest bugs I have ever seen!

 

[NRF]

According to Platnick, the only two Evarcha spp. i n Canada is E. hoyi and E. proszynskii. I don't know what they look like, but both have at times been misidentified as E. falcata.

 

[NRF]

It must then be Evarcha hoyi - the only species in the genus found here according to the most comprehensive list of manitoba spiders I have access to.

E. proszynskii has been described as a species of its own as late as in 1998, so if you don't have a very new book, it's no wonder it's missing. The species has previously been identified as both E. falcata and E. hoyi. So they could have the same habitus.

 

[NRF]

I found theses links:
http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/evarcha/hoyi-gb.htm
http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/evarcha/sib-pros.htm

According to these pictures E. hoyi differs clearly on habitus (both male and female) from the European E. falcata. The male E. proszynskii is very similar to the male E. falcata and also to the picture of the male sent to this forum. The two posterior white dots on the abdomen are sometimes lacking in E. falcata.

 

[Sheri]

E. proszynskii has been described as a species of its own as late as in 1998, so if you don't have a very new book, it's no wonder it's missing. The species has previously been identified as both E. falcata and E. hoyi. So they could have the same habitus.

This could be, my list is dated from July 1997!

Thanks for your information, it was very helpful.

 

[Skypainter]

I love that first picture, he looks like a little boxer!

 

[Crotalus]

Thanks all!