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Rhitymna Ambae
''Rhitymna'' is a genus of huntsman spiders described in 1897 by Eugène Simon. Members of this genus can be distinguished by a number of characteristics, but it is most often confused with Olios species, many of which also have the Y-shaped pattern on the dorsal opisthosoma. Species , ''Rhitymna'' comprises 21 species: *'' Rhitymna ambae'' Jäger, 2003 - Indonesia (Java) *''Rhitymna bicolana'' (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) - Philippines *'' Rhitymna cursor'' (Thorell, 1894) - Singapore, Indonesia (Java) *''Rhitymna deelemanae'' Jäger, 2003 - Indonesia (Bali, Sumba) *''Rhitymna flava'' Schmidt & Krause, 1994 - Comoros *''Rhitymna flores'' Jäger, 2019 - Indonesia (Flores) *''Rhitymna gerdmangel'' Jäger, 2019 - Thailand, Malaysia *''Rhitymna imerinensis'' (Vinson, 1863) - Madagascar *''Rhitymna kananggar'' Jäger, 2003 - Indonesia (Sumba) *''Rhitymna macilenta'' Quan & Liu, 2012 - China (Hainan) *''Rhitymna merianae'' Jäger, 2019 - Indonesia (Bali) *''Rhitymna occiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparassidae
Huntsman spiders, members of the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae), are known by this name because of their speed and mode of hunting. They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometimes are referred to as wood spiders, because of their preference for woody places (forests, mine shafts, woodpiles, wooden shacks). In southern Africa the genus ''Palystes'' are known as rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders. Commonly, they are confused with baboon spiders from the Mygalomorphae infraorder, which are not closely related. More than a thousand Sparassidae species occur in most warm temperate to tropical regions of the world, including much of Australasia, Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean Basin, and the Americas. Several species of huntsman spider can use an unusual form of locomotion. The wheel spider (''Carparachne aureoflava'') from the Namib uses a cartwheeling motion which gives it its name, while ''Cebrennus rechenbergi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
