Thelcticopis

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.[1]

Thelcticopis
Male Thelcticopis severa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Suborder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Sparassidae
Genus:
Thelcticopis

Karsch, 1884
Type species
Themeropis severa
L. Koch, 1875
Species

See text.

Diversity
47 species
Thelcticopis in Bangalore, India

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]

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 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 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
  • Thelcticopis zhengi Liu, Li & Jäger, 2010 — China

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)
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