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 basin
, although the latter species is probably misplaced in this genus.
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.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
to New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
. However, one species (T. pestai) occurs in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
, and another (T. humilithorax) in Congo basin
Congo Basin
The Congo Basin is the sedimentary basin that is the drainage of the Congo River of west equatorial Africa. The basin begins in the highlands of the East African Rift system with input from the Chambeshi River, the Uele and Ubangi Rivers in the upper reaches and the Lualaba River draining wetlands...
, although the latter species is probably misplaced in this genus.
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.
Species
- Thelcticopis ajax Pocock, 1901 — India
- Thelcticopis ancorum Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
- Thelcticopis bicornuta Pocock, 1901 — India
- Thelcticopis bifasciata (Thorell, 1891) — Nicobar Islands
- Thelcticopis biroi Kolosváry, 1934 — New Guinea
- Thelcticopis canescens Simon, 1887 — Andaman Islands, Myanmar
- Thelcticopis celebesiana Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
- Thelcticopis convoluticola Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
- 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 Islands
- Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901 — India
- Thelcticopis sagittata (Hogg, 1915) — New Guinea
- Thelcticopis salomonum (Strand, 1913) — Solomon Islands
- Thelcticopis scaura (Simon, 1910) — São Tomé
- Thelcticopis serambiformis Strand, 1907 — India
- Thelcticopis severa (L. Koch, 1875) — China, Laos, 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
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)