Trapezoid Crab Spider: S1, Male, dorsal, ~5.5mm

Trapezoid Crab Spider (Sidymella trapezia)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)

Order:

Spiders (Araneae)

Family:

Crab Spider (Thomisidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Trapezoid Crab Spider (Sidymella trapezia)

This Photo:

S1, Male, dorsal, ~5.5mm

Thank you Karen Weaving & (BaronSamedi ) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Anthony Paul told us about Sidymella longipes, which is very similar, but larger at just under 15mm.
The male here being ~5.5mm is also slightly longer than 4mm; considered the size of S. trapezia males. While the female is ~7mm

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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