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SpiderMAP:   3702
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3323CD
Observer:   Jones Mark; Polly Bramham
Date of record:   2015-05-04
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   The specimen seems to have remarkably long spinnerets that I have not seen before. Please can I be contacted with an exact species name?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   707640
Species name:   Hersilia sp.
Common name:   Long-spinnered bark spiders
Family:   Hersiliidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Selenopidae, wall spider
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-3702
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3702 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Rudolph Christiaan Steenkamp
Comment:  
Date:   2018-01-26 11:45:40
Species name:   Hersilia sp. -- Long-spinnered bark spiders
Species code:   707640

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