Cambridge's Crab Spider: Male, profile

Cambridge's Crab Spider (Isala cf cambridgei)

Class:

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

Order:

Spiders (Araneae)

Family:

Crab Spider (Thomisidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Cambridge's Crab Spider (Isala cf cambridgei)

This Photo:

🔍Male, profile🔎

Synonym:

Stephanopis cambridgei

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
The male we found is ~7mm, a bit small
It's abdomen is pock-marked a bit like a golf ball.
The setae/scales covering the body & legs are quite amazing!
The eyes seem to be on a smaller pedestal compared to S. similis.

This species is

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

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