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Micrepeira
Micrepeira orb-weaving spiders
micrepeira.sp1
Has necklace-shaped refuge built from silk and dirt. Bright orange bell-shaped cephalothroax. Median eyes are white, and lateral eyes are black. Abdomen is oval, and black with a pale gold stained-glass cross, and short black hairs on abdomen. Legs are brown, orange, and red striped with long black hairs. Spinnerets are large and positioned midway down the abdomen, and are brown. Epigynum is brown. Red sternum. Orange coxae. Ventral abdomen is dark brown.
2019.NRP.W6.6
Morphospecies ID: J.C. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. De Roche; Pictures: J. C. Schmidt
Locations: Narupa Reserve, Ecuador (1100 m.a.s.l)
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2019.NRP.W6.6
2019.NRP.W6.6
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