Thelcticopis
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Thelcticopis is a genus of huntsman spiders that occurs almost exclusively in the Australasian region, from India to Japan to New Guinea and Fiji. However, one species (T. pestai) occurs in Costa Rica, and another (T. humilithorax) in Congo, although the latter species is probably misplaced in this genus.[1]
This genus is distinguished by the abdomen narrowing behind and ending in terminal spinnerets which are borne on a tubular stalk separated at the base by a membranous ring. They are often brownish-red, the abdomen is either of uniform color or shows paired spots. However, some species are black, yellow or green.[2]
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[edit] Species
- Thelcticopis ajax Pocock, 1901 (India)
- Thelcticopis ancorum Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
- Thelcticopis bicornuta Pocock, 1901 (India)
- Thelcticopis bifasciata (Thorell, 1891) (Nicobar Is.)
- Thelcticopis biroi Kolosváry, 1934 (New Guinea)
- Thelcticopis canescens Simon, 1887 (Andaman Is., Myanmar)
- Thelcticopis celebesiana Merian, 1911 (Sulawesi)
- Thelcticopis convoluticola Strand, 1911 (Aru Is.)
- Thelcticopis cuneisignata Chrysanthus, 1965 (New Guinea)
- Thelcticopis fasciata (Thorell, 1897) (Myanmar)
- Thelcticopis flavipes Pocock, 1897 (Moluccas)
- Thelcticopis goramensis (Thorell, 1881) (Malaysia)
- Thelcticopis hercules Pocock, 1901 (Sri Lanka)
- Thelcticopis humilithorax (Simon, 1910) (Congo)
- Thelcticopis huyoplata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Philippines)
- Thelcticopis insularis (Karsch, 1881) (Micronesia)
- Thelcticopis kaparanganensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Philippines)
- Thelcticopis karnyi Reimoser, 1929 (Sumatra)
- Thelcticopis kianganensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Philippines)
- Thelcticopis klossi Reimoser, 1929 (Sumatra)
- Thelcticopis luctuosa (Doleschall, 1859) (Java)
- Thelcticopis maindroni Simon, 1906 (India)
- Thelcticopis modesta Thorell, 1890 (Malaysia)
- Thelcticopis moesta (Doleschall, 1859) (Amboina)
- Thelcticopis nigrocephala Merian, 1911 (Sulawesi)
- Thelcticopis ochracea Pocock, 1899 (New Britain)
- Thelcticopis orichalcea (Simon, 1880) (Sumatra, Borneo)
- Thelcticopis papuana (Simon, 1880) (New Guinea)
- Thelcticopis pennata (Simon, 1901) (Malaysia)
- Thelcticopis pestai (Reimoser, 1939) (Costa Rica)
- Thelcticopis picta (Thorell, 1887) (Myanmar)
- Thelcticopis quadrimunita (Strand, 1911) (New Guinea)
- Thelcticopis rubristernis Strand, 1911 (Aru Is.)
- Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901 (India)
- Thelcticopis sagittata (Hogg, 1915) (New Guinea)
- Thelcticopis salomonum (Strand, 1913) (Solomon Is.)
- Thelcticopis scaura (Simon, 1910) (São Tomé)
- Thelcticopis serambiformis Strand, 1907 (India)
- Thelcticopis severa (L. Koch, 1875) (China, Korea, Japan)
- Thelcticopis simplerta Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Philippines)
- Thelcticopis telonotata Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
- Thelcticopis truculenta Karsch, 1884 (São Tomé, Principe)
- Thelcticopis vasta (L. Koch, 1873) (Fiji)
- Thelcticopis virescens Pocock, 1901 (India)
[edit] References
- ^ Jäger, P. & Kunz, D. (2005). An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenberg. biol. 85:163-213.
- ^ Sherriffs, W.R. (1938). Hong Kong Spiders. Part IV. The Hong Kong Naturalist 8:178-185 PDF
[edit] Further reading
- Reimoser, E. (1929). Spolia Mentawiensa: Araneae. The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2:125-133 PDF (description of T. klossi and T. karnyi)
