Thelcticopis Flavipes

''Thelcticopis'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that occurs almost exclusively in the area India to Japan to New Guinea and Fiji. However, one species ('' T. pestai'') occurs in Costa Rica, and another ('' T. humilithorax'') in Congo basin, 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'' 8:178-18
PDF
/ref>

Species

As of November 2022 it contains 51 species:
* '' 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 buu'' (Logunov & Jäger, 2015) — Vietnam
* '' 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 dahanensis'' (Zhu & Zhong, 2020) — Taiwan
* '' Thelcticopis fasciata'' Thorell, 1897 — Myanmar
* '' Thelcticopis flavipes'' Pocock, 1897 — Moluccas
* ''Thelcticopis folia'' Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009 — Laos
* '' 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 kirankhalapi'' Ahmed et al., 2015 — India
* '' 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 moolampilliensis'' Jose & Sebastian, 2007 — India
* '' 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 picta'' Thorell, 1887 — Myanmar
* '' Thelcticopis pinmini'' (Cai & Zhong, 2021) — China
* '' 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 unciformis'' (Zhu & Zhong, 2020) — Taiwan
* '' Thelcticopis vasta'' L. Koch, 1873 — Fiji
* '' Thelcticopis virescens'' Pocock, 1901 — India
* '' Thelcticopis zhengi'' Liu, Li & Jäger, 2010 — China

References

Further reading

* Reimoser, E. (1929). Spolia Mentawiensa: Araneae. ''The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum'' 2:125-13
PDF
(description of ''T. klossi'' and ''T. karnyi'')

External links

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3523516

Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Central America
Sparassidae
Araneomorphae genera