Unidentified

Picture ID 128275

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

Found on a wall at night without a web, I thought it might be a Zora parallela but I'm not sure that the color pattern of the abdomen matches and its legs seem a bit thicker, what do you think?

  • Submitted by: 
    SiriusOwlnight
  • Submitted: Oct 3, 2020
  • Photographed: Oct 3, 2020
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Sarrebourg, France
  • Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
  • Found in web?: No
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TangledWeb

Hi, we attempt to identify the spiders of the World, but most of our volunteers our in the USA. we do have one in Italy who hopefully knows more about the Zora genus. Your spider is a male. That means it should have longer, thinner legs and a smaller abdomen than a female. It looks like family Pisauridae, but the prominent spinnerets and the angles of the feet joints do look like more like Miturigae. Miturigae are Prowling Spiders,” which are likely to be found on exterior walls at night. Anyone..

Vonpaulus

I agree with you, TangledWeb: this does look like a Pisauridae. At first, the prominent spinnerets made me wonder, too, but then then I’ve come up with found a ventral picture of a female adult that shows similar spinnerets. You can view it here: https://araneae.nmbe.ch/gallery/photos/812 As a matter of fact, the closest matches that I found seem to point to Pisaura sp., which, considering the geographic range, would leave us with two options:either P. mirabilis or P. quadrilineata. https://araneae.nmbe.ch/search/gen/269 Here is is a Pisaura from Pisa, which sounds like a pun ๐Ÿ˜€ , but the markings on the prosoma seem… Read more ยป

Vonpaulus

About the genus Zora, I must admit I’m not very familiar with it. The only species I might be able to recognize is Zora nemoralis, which doesn’t seem to match.
On the contrary, Zora parallela looks like a very good guess, judging by the pictures I have seen on the web. The only reason why I am more inclined to guess Pisaura cf. mirabilis is the pattern of the prosoma. It’s a faint clue, but, like I said, I’m unfamiliar the genus Zora ๐Ÿ™‚

Last edited 3 years ago by Vonpaulus
Vonpaulus

You’re welcome. You ID request gave me the opportunity to learn something more about the genus Zora, you know ๐Ÿ™‚ . I thought the range was ok with Z.parallela, but now we can rule out this species thank to your research.

Last edited 3 years ago by Vonpaulus