Nephilengys malabarensis

Nephilengys malabarensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nephilidae
Genus: Nephilengys
Species:
N. malabarensis
Binomial name
Nephilengys malabarensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Epeira malabarensis Walckenaer, 1841
  • Epeira anama Walckenaer, 1841
  • Epeira malabarica Doleschall, 1857
  • Epeira rhodosternon Doleschall, 1859
  • Nephila rivulata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
  • Nephilengys schmeltzii L. Koch, 1872
  • Nephilengys hofmanni L. Koch, 1872
  • Nephila urna Hasselt, 1882
  • Nephila malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841)
  • Metepeira andamanensis Tikader, 1977
  • Nephilengys niahensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989

Nephilengys malabarensis is an nephilid spider.[1]

Females reach a body length of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). The legs and palp are annulated yellow and black. Male body size less than 5 millimetres (0.20 in), with mostly grey-black legs.[2]

N. malabarensis is being preyed upon by the spider-eating jumping spider Portia.[2]

Name

The species name malabarensis refers to the Malabar coast of southern India, where it was first found.

Distribution

N. malabarensis occurs in South, South-East and East Asia from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, north to Yunnan, China, north-east to Saga and Kompira, Japan and east to Ambon Island of Indonesia. It is common at human dwellings and less common in rainforest. The Niah population inhabits cave entrances.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  2. ^ a b c Matjaž Kuntner (2007). "A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae)". Systematic Entomology. 32 (1): 95–135. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00348.x. S2CID 84146620.

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