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Calamoneta sp. Slender Forest Spider

A slender spider with forward pointing chelicerae, or jaws, in rainforest from South East Queensland to the far north. Closely related to Cheiracanthium, but with noticeably longer metatarsi. ♀ 9mm ♂ 8mm

Male adult


Calamoneta
Photo: Jürgen Haiderm Springbrook Mountain, Gold Coast hinterland

Adult male 4801


Calamoneta
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House Kuranda

Adult male 4801 closer from above


Calamoneta
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House Kuranda

Adult male 6336


Calamoneta
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House Kuranda

Adult male 6336 closer


Calamoneta
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House Kuranda

Juvenile


Calamoneta
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House, Kuranda

Female


Calamoneta
Photo: Dr Robert Raven Queensland Museum

Juvenile (penultimate male)


Calamoneta
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Mapleton Falls, South East Queensland

References


  • Raven & Stumkat 2003 - PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE SPIDER FAMILIES MITURGIDAE, CTENIDAE AND PSECHRIDAE (ARANEAE) IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Robert J. Raven and Kylie Stumkat, 2003. The Journal of Arachnology 31:105-121
  • Diaprograptinae Raven, 2009 - Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: IV. The spider subfamily
    Diaprograptinae subfam. nov. (Araneomorphae: Miturgidae)
 
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