Opadometa sarawakensis

Opadometa sarawakensis

Opadometa sarawakensis is a species of Spider from the family of Tetragnathidae.
Opadometa sarawakensis Spider This is a female Spider of the species Opadometa sarawakensis. She has blue abdomen and a patch of orange/red on top of it. This species was first discovered in the year 2012 and officially described in 2015 from female specimens. Male of the species was only discovered and described in 2018. I have previously seen a similar looking Spider from Palawan Island, Philippines with blue abdomen but without the orange/red patch as can be seen in this observation : https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65364 Kinabatangan,Malaysia,Opadometa sarawakensis,Sabah,Spider

Naming

This species was first discovered from Sarawak in 2012 and described in 2015, hence the name Opadometa sarawakensis. However, it can also be found in Sabah with the male of the species officially described in 2018 from Sabah.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyTetragnathidae
GenusOpadometa
SpeciesOpadometa sarawakensis
Photographed in
Malaysia