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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 08, 2008

Hi,

Can anybody identify this spider? All I can deduce is this does not belong to oxyopes since its eyes are not arranged in a hexagon. But beyond that I have no idea about spiders. This is a very small species probably about 8-10 cm in size. I found it in a hilly region in South India about 5 weeks ago.

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deadmanswill

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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 08, 2008

here's the posterior view

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 08, 2008

I would say a Jumping Spider, Family Salticidae,

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=salticidae&meta=

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 08, 2008

Salticus [guichenoti] looks close, not quite right though

http://www.salticidae.de/

But mentioned as being in Algeria (or elsewhere too?)

http://salticidae.org/salticid/catalog/Salticus.htm

"A pictorial index of genera of the Indian Subcontinent Salticidae"

http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/keys-sal/indian-alpha.htm

Did you mean 8-10 mm?



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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 08, 2008

Sorry, yes, I meant 8-10 mm. About one centimeter. The Indian pictorial catalog is wonderful. thanks for the link. will compare my insect image with them.

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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 09, 2008

thanks for your effort. i've posted this as salticidae in my blog.

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