Re:We haven’t seen a quarter of known bee species since the ...
by pvaldes on Thursday February 25, 2021 @06:17AM
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Definitely Araneomorpha Lycosoidea, so there are ten families of interest or so. We don't have the eyes so we'll never know. Cuppiennius appears often in banana leaves, but doesn't have that strange angle in the last legs (Maybe is an abnormal specimen or an effect of the camera?).
Re:We haven’t seen a quarter of known bee species since the ...
by cmehdy on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:40PM
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The legs were definitely like that, and it's too bad I didn't get the eyes then!
I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't particularly known, considering it was deep within the Indio maiz reserve (not just by the only town of Greytown but 5-10 hours by boat into the reserve from there)
Without having the eye arrangement is not easy, but taking in mind the habitat and shape, a member of Ctenidae would be my first candidate
Compare for example with Ancylometes or Ctenus.
If not, we could start weaving further from there. Zoropsidae, Lycosidae or Sparassidae (check Heteropoda venatoria for example) would be other acceptable family candidates. Those last couple of legs seem very characteristic.