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Ligonipes semitectus
A couple of neat looking jumpers resembling the local bullants and having some serious face to face contact. One (♀?) is larger than the other. About 10mm long overall but it was hard to tell individual sizes.
On a blade of Gahnia sp. (sword grass) in a local nature reserve.
Mating? Cannibalistic? There are five genus of jumping spiders in Australia regarded as ant mimics http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian...
family: SALTICIDAE
genus: Ligonipes
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Distribution http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
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Looks more like a crayfish mimic !! Nice find. I like the colour of he legs.