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SpiderMAP:   353
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2230CA
Observer:   Wilkinson J H
Date of record:   2013-05-19
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   721780
Species name:   Thomisus sp.
Common name:   Flower crab spiders
Family:   Thomisidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Thomisidae sp
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-353
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 353 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Astri Leroy
Comment:   Male flower crab spiders are tiny in comparison to females. This is an adult male as can be seen by the swollen ends to his pedipalps.
Date:   2015-12-16 16:12:28
Species name:   Thomisus sp. -- Flower crab spiders
Species code:   721780

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