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This tiny spider was only a couple of millimetres in size. Belonging to the family Philodromidae, commonly known as the Running Crab Spiders.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Philodromidae
- Genus:
- Gephyrota Strand, 1932
- Philodromus Walckenaer, 1826
- Tibellus Simon, 1875
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Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Ben Kurek (benkurek__, iNaturalistAU, Observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238904477
- Many thanks to Annette Friz Fraser-Dunn for ID, member of Entomology Australia “Invertebratology” Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/507004496955277/
- Philodromidae Thorell, 1870, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/PHILODROMIDAE
- Running Crab Spiders (Family Philodromidae), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/47868-Philodromidae
ASDP ArachnidaAustralian Golden Orb-Weaving Spider Banded Garden Spider Desert Huntsman Spider Desert Scorpion Green Lynx Spider Longtailed Orb-weaving Spider Running Crab Spider Three-pointed Novakiella Wrap-around Spider
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