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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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Spider - Metaltella simoni
Copyright © 2007 Graham Montgomery

Spider - Metaltella simoni
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
January 13, 2007
Size: 1 cm
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 15 January, 2007 - 9:13am
Last updated 2 May, 2012 - 8:55am

Moved
Moved from Hacklemesh Weavers. Surprisingly there aren't a lot of spiders in Amaurobiidae listed for TX. According to my reference from 1972 the two species to consider are Titanoeca nigrella & Titanoeca americana. Other species found nearby are Callobius arizonicus, Callobius nomeus & Callobius olympus. Interestingly none of these species are mentioned on the TX spider list but one that looks similar is... Metaltella simoni. I think based on the TX Spider list & the general look of this spider that it is a Metaltella simoni.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 May, 2012 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 30 January, 2007 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

Check sac spiders for a possible match. (Or wait for Jeff!)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/6917/bgimage
… Ron Hemberger, 15 January, 2007 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

 
We would think something
more along the lines of Amaurobiidae - Hacklemesh Weavers, see here, but definitely agree it's a good idea to wait and see what Jeff says!!
… john and jane balaban, 15 January, 2007 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

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