Biology:Lipocrea
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Lipocrea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.[1]
Description
Female and male spiders measure 7-8 mm in total length. These spiders have straw-coloured bodies and legs. The carapace is elongate pear-shaped but narrower in the eye region with an elongate fovea and a narrow longitudinal band dorsally. The abdomen is straw-coloured frequently with paired black spots, oval and elongate with a narrow tip anteriorly and a slight hump above the spinnerets. Their legs are very long and decorated with spots and setae, same color as body, and bear setae with dark spots at their bases.[2]
Species
As of September 2025[update], this genus includes five species:[3]
- Lipocrea diluta Thorell, 1887 – Myanmar, Indonesia
- Lipocrea epeiroides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Spain, Italy (Sardinia, Sicily), Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Yemen, India
- Lipocrea fusiformis (Thorell, 1877) – India, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi) (type species)
- Lipocrea longissima (Simon, 1881) – Central, East, Southern Africa
- Lipocrea phosop (Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2023) – Thailand
References
- ↑ Thorell, T. (1878). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari.". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 1–317.
- ↑ Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N.; Webb, P. (2022). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 2 (E-Ne). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. pp. 44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6619195.
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- ↑ "Genus Lipocrea". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/344. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q603595 entry
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