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of huntsman spiders that was first described by

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in his 1875 treatise on Australian spiders. They are mainly distributed in

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Asia and Australia, and are known for their

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that matches local

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and

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has the

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region low and flat. The genus is characterized by the internal anatomy of the reproductive structures. Males have irregular coils at the terminal end, while females have screw like copulatory ducts.

Species

it contains sixteen species and one subspecies, found in tropical forests in Asia, extending east to Australia: *'' Pandercetes celatus''

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, 1899 –

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*'' Pandercetes celebensis'' Merian, 1911 –

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) **'' Pandercetes c. vulcanicola'' Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) *'' Pandercetes decipiens'' Pocock, 1899 – India,

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*'' Pandercetes gracilis'' L. Koch, 1875 ( type) – Indonesia (

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, Sulawesi), New Guinea,

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Pandercetes isopus ''Pandercetes'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in his 1875 treatise on Australian spiders. They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia, and are known for their cryptic colorati ...

'' Thorell, 1881 – Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea *''

Pandercetes longipes ''Pandercetes'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in his 1875 treatise on Australian spiders. They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia, and are known for their cryptic colorati ...

'' Thorell, 1881 – Papua New Guinea (Yule Is.) *''

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'' Thorell, 1895 –

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'' Thorell, 1890 –

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, Indonesia (Aru Is.) *'' Pandercetes manoius'' Roewer, 1938 – New Guinea *'' Pandercetes niger'' Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) *'' Pandercetes nigrogularis'' (

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, 1897) – Indonesia (

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) *'' Pandercetes ochreus'' Hogg, 1922 –

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*'' Pandercetes palliventris''

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, 1911 – New Guinea *'' Pandercetes peronianus'' (

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, 1837) –

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Pandercetes plumipes ''Pandercetes plumipes'', is a species of spider of the genus '' Pandercetes''. It is native to Ambon Islands, Sri Lanka and New Guinea. See also * List of Sparassidae species This page lists all described genera and species of the spider fami ...

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, 1859) – Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Ambon), New Guinea *''

Pandercetes plumosus ''Pandercetes'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in his 1875 treatise on Australian spiders. They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia, and are known for their cryptic colorati ...

'' Pocock, 1899 – Papua New Guinea (

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References

External links

Atlas of Living Australia
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2602699 Araneomorphae genera Sparassidae Spiders of Asia Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch