''Cyrtarachne raniceps'' is a species of
spider of the genus ''
Cyrtarachne
''Cyrtarachne'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo ...
''. It is found in
India and
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
It is 9 mm long and has brown carapace with a heart shaped sternum.
See also
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List of Araneidae species
References
Araneidae
Spiders of the Indian subcontinent
Spiders described in 1900
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