(lovely) Black spider

Dannica · #1 (**permalink**) 04-01-2012, 09:43 PM

..not in much detail I'm afraid. Found in september under a conifer log in my garden. Have seen black spiders before, but none as beautiful as this one.

Suggestions for ID welcome
(I had considered Rita, or Stanley, depending on id

)
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faz · #2 (**permalink**) 04-01-2012, 09:51 PM

it looks like Segestria florentina tube web spider

Dannica · #3 (**permalink**) 04-01-2012, 09:56 PM

ooOOoo, thank you.
Looked for images and found a stunning one of the male palp Segestria florentina in Cornwall
Thank you once again, steve hopkin!
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PMG · #4 (**permalink**) 04-01-2012, 10:57 PM

What a fine looking spider - beautiful

Pauline

naturegirl · #5 (**permalink**) 08-01-2012, 12:19 AM

This is sooooo Florentina......

I would sooooo not to meet this one one dark scary night....... ouch!!!!

Naturegirl

John_M · #6 (**permalink**) 08-01-2012, 11:23 AM

I don't think this is Segestria florentina; looks more like Gnaphosidae to me.

No.9 Spider · #7 (**permalink**) 08-01-2012, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by John_M

I don't think this is Segestria florentina; looks more like Gnaphosidae to me.

I'd agree with John and would favour Drassyllus/Zelotes sp. as likely considerations. Either of the two are pretty uncommon to rare, a nice find and would make a good record worthy of a proper i.d.

Pepsis · #8 (**permalink**) 07-05-2012, 10:40 PM

I casually ended up on this fairly old topic. I'm going to bump it since the spider is actually a pretty interesting find. Considering overall morphology, coloration, wide prosoma and the visible abdominal sigilla, the spider belongs to the genus Gnaphosa.
Considering the pitch black coloration, what seems to be a considerable size (can Dannica confirm this?) and the location, I believe it's pretty safe to say this spider is Gnaphosa lugubris, a quite rare and possibly under-recorded species.