Unidentified

Picture ID 105752

Picture of unidentified spider

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Ventral of an unknown spider.

  • Submitted by: 
    KunmingGuy
  • Submitted: May 9, 2020
  • Photographed: May 10, 2020
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Kunming, China
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: Yes
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maryrobinson

this thing is getting weirder with each photo! Wow.

maryrobinson

You may have found a new Latrodectus or Steatoda species!

maryrobinson

I still think it looks more like a false widow .

TangledWeb

I just asked one of our expert volunteers, Calum Ewing about it. Dr. Ewing is the Director of the Museum of Natural History, Halifax, Nova Scotia. His research has focused on orders Aranae and Opilones of Arachnida.

maryrobinson

Possibility…
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus immature female

TangledWeb

I couldn’t find any descriptions of the immature spiders of the species. It does look like the closest answer so far.

maryrobinson

I dont think China does much work on the arachnofauna , haha

Bobby_longlegs

Have you guys thought of the Red Widow? Location aside, Latrodectus bishopi has that red bodywork and sometimes darker extremities. Hard to say from a ventral. Red hourglass is sometimes missing. Could also be another genus of tangle-web. Curious what Dr.Ewing says.