Atlas of African Baboon Spiders

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SpiderMAP:   13019
Province:  
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   0339BD
Observer:   Smyth Ciaran
Date of record:   2019-07-23
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-06-04 11:29:41
Sp. code:   701840
Species name:   Gasteracantha sp.
Common name:   Kite spiders
Family:   Araneidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Gasteracantha versicolor
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-13019
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 13019 - photo: 1
VM-number: 13019 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Zarek Cockar
Comment:   This may be G. milvoides or G. falcicornis. I don't think it's G. versicolor, which tends to have shorter, fatter abdominal "horns".
Date:   2020-06-04 11:29:41
Species name:   Gasteracantha sp. -- Kite spiders
Species code:   701840

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