Gnaphosidae
(Stealthy Ground Spiders)

Picture ID 3468

Comments & ID Thoughts

Tengellid Maybe

Submitted by:
ginsei9881
Submitted: Dec 28, 2017
Photographed: Dec 28, 2017
Spider: Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spiders)
Location: Albuquerque New Mexico , New Mexico, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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Ginsei9881

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December 28, 2017 9:33 pm

Kind of a velvety hairy bottom with a smooth/shiny top and legs with some hairs

ItsyBitsy

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December 28, 2017 10:04 pm

BTW, Tengellidae was synonymized with Zoropsidae (Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015).

ItsyBitsy

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December 28, 2017 9:59 pm

The spinnerets look rather Gnaphosid-ish.

Ginsei9881

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

December 28, 2017 10:05 pm

I’m pretty sure they didn’t look like that until my 2 year old handed it to my wife and she freaked and squished it. Sorry. The spinnerets are actually small and brown

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to Ginsei9881

December 28, 2017 10:19 pm

A clear view of the eyes might also be helpful.

Ginsei9881

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

December 28, 2017 10:55 pm

I will post some

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to Ginsei9881

December 28, 2017 11:32 pm

Thank you, that helps! I can’t see the eyes well enough to want to try to guess at which genus but the ventral shows the spinnerets well enough to keep this listed as Gnaphosidae.