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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Desidae » Metaltella » Metaltella simoni
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Ground Spider? - Metaltella simoni
Copyright © 2007 Daemeon Stovall

Ground Spider? - Metaltella simoni
Little Elm, Denton County, Texas, USA
September 8, 2007
Size: .5"
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Contributed by Daemeon Stovall on 12 September, 2007 - 8:50pm
Last updated 13 September, 2007 - 7:48am

Looks
like Metaltella simoni.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 12 September, 2007 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
???
Wow, I've never even heard of the 'family!' Is this something split from Amaurobiidae or something?
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 September, 2007 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Its a first for me too.
And I have no idea. I will keep an eye out for more of these for some beter shots.
… Daemeon Stovall, 13 September, 2007 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

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