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SpiderMAP:   6739
Province:   other
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1623DA
Observer:   Pietersen D; All photos by; Errol Pietersen
Date of record:   2014-08-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
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-6739
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 6739 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Niela Du Preez
Comment:   I'm only identifying to genus level as this specimen was seen in Zambia so it could be either L.geometricus or L.rhodesiensis.
Date:   2017-02-06 22:30:47
Species name:   Latrodectus sp. -- comb-footed or cobweb spiders
Species code:   720620

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