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?
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- 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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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 @Vonpaulus 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..
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 ๐ , but the markings on the prosoma seem… Read more ยป
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 ๐
Thank you for your answers ๐ , I agree with you I think that the color pattern of the Pisauras match better with my picture.
I looked at the list of species present in my region, and the only Pisaura is Mirabilis and even thought there is four species of Zora the parallela is not one of them and the 4 other one does match for the color pattern of the head but their abdomen more of a spotted color pattern.
So I think it is probably a Pisaura Mirabilis, thank you for your help ๐ .
You’re welcome. You ID request gave me the opportunity to learn something more about the genus Zora, you know ๐ . I thought the range was ok with Z.parallela, but now we can rule out this species thank to your research.