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unknown spider - Antrodiaetus montanus
Copyright © 2008 amp

unknown spider - Antrodiaetus montanus
Dugway, Tooele County, Utah, USA
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Contributed by amp on 14 October, 2008 - 3:07pm
Last updated 12 July, 2014 - 12:38am

Moved
Moved from Antrodiaetus.
… marshal hedin, 12 July, 2014 - 12:38am

Male folding-door spider.
This is an adult male spider in the genus Antrodiaetus, family Antrodiaetidae. The three hardened plates (sclerites) on the abdomen are pretty diagnostic, and are evidence of when spiders had completely segmented bodies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 October, 2008 - 3:48pm

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