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SpiderMAP:   13420
Province:   Southern Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1725DB
Observer:   Linda Preston; uploaded by Normal Barrett
Date of record:   2020-06-10
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-07-05 15:47:46
Sp. code:   720620
Species name:   Latrodectus sp.
Common name:   comb-footed or cobweb spiders
Family:   Theridiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-13420
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 13420 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Astri Leroy
Comment:   It is one of the species of black button spiders but impossible to identify them to species level from photos. Anyway you may have different species in Zambia from those we know in South Africa.
Date:   2020-07-05 15:47:46
Species name:   Latrodectus sp. -- comb-footed or cobweb spiders
Species code:   720620

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