Biology:Pandercetes celebensis vulcanicola

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Short description: Subspecies of spider from Indonesia


Pandercetes celebensis vulcanicola
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Pandercetes
Species:
Subspecies:
P. c. vulcanicola
Trinomial name
Pandercetes celebensis vulcanicola
Merian, 1911

Pandercetes celebensis vulcanicola is a subspecies of huntsman spider in the family Sparassidae. It was described by C. Merian in 1911 from Indonesia.[1]

The taxon belongs to the genus Pandercetes, a group of cryptically camouflaged huntsman spiders known for their resemblance to mosses and lichens on tree bark and forest surfaces.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Pandercetes celebensis vulcanicola was described by C. Merian in 1911 as a subspecific taxon within Pandercetes celebensis.[4]

Distribution

The subspecies is known from Indonesia.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Spider Catalog". Natural History Museum Bern. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/. 
  2. ↑ Soofi, Mahmood; Sharma, Sandeep (2022). "Lichens and animal camouflage: some observations from central Asian ecoregions". Journal of Threatened Taxa 14 (2): 20672–20676. doi:10.11609/jott.7558.14.2.20672-20676. 
  3. ↑ "World Spider Catalog". https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus-catalog/3317/Pandercetes. 
  4. ↑ Merian, C. (1911). "Die Spinnenfauna von Celebes". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik 31: 165–354. 
  • Data related to Pandercetes celebensis vulcanicola at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q2110659 entry