18mm long | December 30, 2011 | Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil
This attractively marked hunting spider spider was resting on a blade of grass after a rain. I’m being intentionally vague by saying hunting spider here, because I really don’t know how to narrow it down to even a family.
With those racing stripes, one wonders how quickly it moves.
Closer view
Gestalt screams Lycosidea, but I know how tricky spiders can be (especially in the tropics). That’s about as bold a racing stripe a spider can have.
My initial thought was Lycosidae, but after checking around a bit, I lost all confidence in that determination.