Description:  The carapace is light golden yellow in colour and the cephalic region is usually dusky with with bands or with mottling. The legs are paler in colour than the carapace. The abdomen is pale tan to dark gray-black in colour. Anterior and middle of abdomen with a pale stripe flanked by two paler stripes and poterior with sometimes indistinct chevrons (Leech, 1972).

Male Dimensions:

A+B = 9 mm  A = (not recorded) C = (not recorded)

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Details About Females

Description:  The carapace is light chestnut brown in color, though somewhat darker in the cephalic region. Unlike the male, this region lacks dusky bands or mottling. The legs are light golden yellow and can be darker in colour on the metatarsi and tarsi. Like the male, the abdomen is pale tan to dark gray-black. The dorsum however often lacks markings (Leech, 1972).

Female Dimensions:

A+B = 12 mm  A = (not recorded) C = (not recorded)

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Descriptions Source:
Leech, R. E. 1972. A revision of the Nearctic Amaurobiidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Mem. ent. Soc. Can. 84: 1-182.

Synonyms and Chresonyms^†

Taxonomic References^†

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