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Species Rhomphaea projiciens

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)
Genus Rhomphaea
Species projiciens (Rhomphaea projiciens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
transferred from Argyrodes projiciens
Identification
Voucher Specimens:
det. by Hank Guarisco (Adjunct Curator of Arachnids, Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University)
Male:

Female:


According to Hank Guarisco, the spine at the apex of the abdomen is unique to this species. "Spiders of the Eastern United States"(1) mistakenly labels a picture of Rhomphaea projiciens as Rhomphaea fictilium (p. 105).
Range
Texas & Florida(2), but specimens have been found in Georgia, as well, according to BugGuide submissions
Life Cycle
Click on these images to see photos of the life cycle:
Works Cited
1.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.
2.American spiders of the genus Argyrodes (Araneae, Theridiidae)
Harriet Exline & Herbert W. Levi. 1962. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard 127(2):75-204.