Taxobox
name = "Thelcticopis"
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Sparassidae
genus = "Thelcticopis"
genus_authority = Karsch, 1884
diversity_link = List of Sparassidae species#Thelcticopis
diversity = 44 species
type_species = "Themeropis severa"
type_species_authority = L. Koch, 1875
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
"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 , although the latter species is probably misplaced in this genus.[Jäger, P. & Kunz, D. (2005). An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). "Senckenberg. biol." 85:163-213.] ]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.[Sherriffs, W.R. (1938). Hong Kong Spiders. Part IV. "The Hong Kong Naturalist" 8:178-185 [http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/27/2700428.pdf PDF] ] ]pecies
* "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
References
Further reading
* Reimoser, E. (1929). Spolia Mentawiensa: Araneae. "The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum" 2:125-133 [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/02/02brm125-133.pdf PDF] (description of "T. klossi" and "T. karnyi")
External links
* [http://spider.fun.cx/okinawa/Kamasugumo.htm Pictures of "Thelcticopis severa" male and female]
