Atlas of African Baboon Spiders

Record details

   [ Record 2 of 14 ]   
SpiderMAP:   1210
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2626AA
Observer:   Viljoen Deon
Date of record:   2014-01-17
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Almost 4 cm long when extended. Red tarsis and meta tarsis, very hard to see red spot just above the spinnerets on top of the abdomen. Extremely strong silk.Not quite black, more very dark brown. Two indentations on top of the abdomen parallel to each other.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   720980
Species name:   Latrodectus renivulvatus
Common name:   Common black button spiders
Family:   Theridiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Latrodectus renivulvatus (Black Button spider)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-1210
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1210 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1210 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1210 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:  
Date:   2017-05-27 22:33:17
Species name:   Latrodectus renivulvatus -- Common black button spiders
Species code:   720980

[ Page served: June 30, 2024, 07:02 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT