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SpiderMAP:   3281
Province:   Maputo
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   2632BB
Observer:   de Beer Len ; Jemma de Beer, Sonja de Beer
Date of record:   2015-02-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   720950
Species name:   Latrodectus geometricus
Common name:   Common brown button spiders
Family:   Theridiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-3281
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3281 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Astri Leroy
Comment:   Without seeing egg sac not sure. From distribution it could also be Latrodectus rhodesiensis.
Date:   2015-02-11 18:01:12
Species name:   Latrodectus geometricus -- Common brown button spiders
Species code:   720950

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