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SpiderMAP:   1287
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2926AA
Observer:   Steenkamp Rudolph Christiaan; Jeanne van Aswegen, Marisan van der Berg
Date of record:   2013-11-15
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   I'm not familiar with this solifugid. We see a lot of red romans here, but this one looks different. Its abdomen is a lot narrower and the hair on its body a lot longer. The leg segments also look different.
Id status:   Identification pending
Collector's species id:   Solifugae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-1287
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1287 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1287 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1287 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:   Order Solifugae
Date:   2017-07-31 08:06:43
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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