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Thelcticopis
Male Thelcticopis severa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Thelcticopis
Karsch, 1884
Type species
Themeropis severa
L. Koch, 1875
Species

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Diversity
51 species

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. [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 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 [2]

Species

As of November 2022 it contains 51 species:

References

  1. ^ Jäger, P. & Kunz, D. (2005). An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenberg. biol. 85:163-213.
  2. ^ Sherriffs, W.R. (1938). Hong Kong Spiders. Part IV. The Hong Kong Naturalist 8:178-185 PDF

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)