What type of spider was this?

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My snowbirding neighbor just killed a spider in Yucatan, Mexico. According to his housekeeper, it's not poisonous, but we'd like to know exactly what type of spider it was. Photo here: https://s27.postimg.org/mg1we4mr7/spider.jpg

Thanks.

C-i-M

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[+5] - InfraBlue - 12/14/2016From what it looks like; what with the pedipalps and blunt abdomen, among other things; it's not a spider. It's an [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi][i]Amblypygi[/i][/url], i.e. whip...

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From what it looks like; what with the pedipalps and blunt abdomen, among other things; it's not a spider. It's an Amblypygi, i.e. whip spider, tailless whip scorpion.

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@InfraBlue,

Oh wow. I think you're right, InfraBlue. Thanks a bunch!

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@Clueless-in-Mexico,

Looks more like a Whip Scorpion to me.

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https://s27.postimg.org/mg1we4mr7/spider.jpg

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@rosborne979,

rosborne979, isn't "tailless whip scorpion" (I see no tail) and "whip spider" the same thing?

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@Clueless-in-Mexico,

Clueless-in-Mexico wrote:

rosborne979, isn't "tailless whip scorpion" (I see no tail) and "whip spider" the same thing?

Apparently Tailless Whip Scorpions and Whip Scorpions are substantially different (different Orders). Who knew?

Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi

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