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Genus of spiders
Thelcticopis is a genus of
huntsman spiders that occurs almost exclusively in the area
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.
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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 and similar to
Jumping spiders . now later to 3154 Years
L. koch
Found New species of
Thelcticopis Giganteus Was Gigantic. The Spider Has long Black narrowing
with long stripe legs to Span legs almost to 4.1 Km
And long stripe Tail Legs 3.0Ja
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Species
As of November 2022 it contains 51 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 buu (Logunov & Jäger, 2015) — Vietnam
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 dahanensis (Zhu & Zhong, 2020) — Taiwan
Thelcticopis fasciata Thorell, 1897 — Myanmar
Thelcticopis flavipes Pocock, 1897 — Moluccas
Thelcticopis folia Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009 — Laos
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 kirankhalapi Ahmed et al., 2015 — India
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 moolampilliensis Jose & Sebastian, 2007 — India
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 picta Thorell, 1887 — Myanmar
Thelcticopis pinmini (Cai & Zhong, 2021) — China
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 unciformis (Zhu & Zhong, 2020) — Taiwan
Thelcticopis vasta L. Koch, 1873 — Fiji
Thelcticopis virescens Pocock, 1901 — India
Thelcticopis zhengi Liu, Li & Jäger, 2010 — China
Thelcticopis Giganteus L. Koch 1350 )—Fiji
Thelcticopis Koyenijenns Dyal &,Jäger, 1952 — Pakistan
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
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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 )