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Scorpion Spider

Platyoides walteri

2 Species ID Suggestions

Edith
Edith 13 years ago
Spider
Arachnid
mcanix
mcanix 13 years ago
Scorpion Spider
Trochanteriidae Platyoides


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3 Comments

dungeonmasterShu
dungeonmasterShu 12 years ago

There are 16 species of Platyoides (Scorpion Spiders), i can narrow this down to one of these 9 species and no further, sorry:
Platyoides alpha
Platyoides costeri
Platyoides leppanae
Platyoides pictus
Platyoides pirie
Platyoides pusillus
Platyoides quinquedentatus
Platyoides rossi
Platyoides walteri

PaulDempsey
PaulDempsey 13 years ago

This spider is extremely flat, it measure roughly two millimeters in depth, even though it's roughly two centimeters across (including legs).

Edith
Edith 13 years ago

This spider is from the Arachnid family (8 legs)

PaulDempsey
Spotted by
PaulDempsey

Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on Feb 23, 2011
Submitted on Feb 23, 2011

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