Biology:Nephilengys malabarensis

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Short description: Species of spider

Nephilengys malabarensis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nephilidae
Genus: Nephilengys
Species:
N. malabarensis
Binomial name
Nephilengys malabarensis
(Walckenaer, 1842)[1]
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Synonyms[1]
  • Epeira malabarensis Walckenaer, 1841
  • Walckenaer, 1841 Doleschall, 1859
  • Hasselt, 1882 Nephila malabarensis
  • Nephila rivulata (Walckenaer, 1841)
  • Epeira malabarica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
  • Tikader, 1977 Nephilengys niahensis
  • Nephilengys schmeltzii Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989
  • Epeira anama Doleschall, 1857
  • L. Koch, 1872 Nephilengys hofmanni
  • Epeira rhodosternon L. Koch, 1872
  • Metepeira andamanensis Nephila urna

Nephilengys malabarensis is an nephilid spider.[1]

Females reach a body length of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). The legs and palp are annulated yellow and black. Male body size less than 5 millimetres (0.20 in), with mostly grey-black legs.[2]

N. malabarensis is being preyed upon by the spider-eating jumping spider Portia.[2]

Name

The species name malabarensis refers to the Malabar coast of southern India , where it was first found.

Distribution

N. malabarensis occurs in South, South-East and East Asia from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines , north to Yunnan, China , north-east to Saga and Kompira, Japan and east to Ambon Island of Indonesia. It is common at human dwellings and less common in rainforest. The Niah population inhabits cave entrances.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Taxon details Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/22470. Retrieved 2017-05-16. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matjaž Kuntner (2007). "A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae)". Systematic Entomology 32 (1): 95–135. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00348.x. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2182527 entry