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Prostheclina species?

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Species:
Prostheclina species?
(identification based on similarities with drawings published by Davies and Zabka, Qld. Museum)
Family:
Salticidae
Body length:
female: 4 mm
male: about 3 mm
Habitat:
Prostheclina is a small salticid often found among green leaves of shrubs in eucalypt forests
Toxicity:
Unknown but this is a timid spider with very small fangs so it probably is not hazardous to humans
Prostheclina species?
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Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Several salticid genera, especially when immature specimens are examined.


Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 21 March 2009.