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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Jumping Spiders

Superfamily Salticoidea


Jumping Spiders are so called because they are capable of jumping from places to places. They have good vision. The most famous member of this family in Singapore is the Fighting Spider (Thiania bhamoensis).

Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

  1. Constricted Agorius Agorius constrictus
  2. Anarrhotus fossulatus
  3. Artabrus erythrocephalus
  4. Asemonea tenuipes
  5. Augustaea formicaria
  6. Bavia aericeps
  7. Bavia capistrata
  8. Six-spotted Jumping Spider Bavia sexpunctata
  9. Bianor angulosus
  10. Bocus angusticollis
  11. Bristowia heterospinosa
  12. Four-dotted Grass Spider Burmattus albopunctatus
  13. Carrhotus coronatus
  14. Carrhotus sannio
  15. Carrhotus viduus
  16. Chalcovietnamicus daiqini
  17. Chalcovietnamicus vietnamensis
  18. Chrysilla acerosa
  19. Chrysilla delicata
  20. Elegant Golden Jumper Chrysilla lauta
  21. Grey Cocalus Cocalus murinus
  22. Colyttus bilineatus
  23. Colyttus nigriceps
  24. Colyttus striatus
  25. Copocrossa politiventris
  26. Lami Beach Northern Jumper Cosmophasis lami
  27. Cosmophasis quadricincta
  28. Sea-green Northern Jumper Cosmophasis thalassina
  29. Cytaea dispalans
  30. Cytaea oreophila
  31. Dendroicius hotaruae
  32. Diplocanthopoda marina
  33. Emertonius exasperans
  34. Epeus alboguttatus
  35. Yellow-lined Epeus Epeus flavobilineatus
  36. Epeus furcatus
  37. Epeus glorius
  38. Epeus sumatranus
  39. Epocilla calcarata
  40. Epocilla praetextata
  41. Evarcha besar
  42. Evarcha bulbosa
  43. Evarcha flavocincta
  44. Gedea tibialis
  45. Gelotia argenteolimbata
  46. Gelotia bimaculata
  47. Gelotia syringopalpis
  48. Harmochirus brachiatus
  49. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni
  50. Heavy Jumper Hyllus diardi
  51. Hyllus keratodes
  52. Heavy-bodied Jumper Hyllus semicupreus
  53. Idastrandia orientalis
  54. Indopadilla nesinor
  55. Indopadilla vimedaba
  56. Kelawakaju leucomelas
  57. Kelawakaju singapura
  58. Langerra oculina
  59. Mangrove Jumper Ligurra latidens
  60. Maripanthus draconis
  61. Grey Wall Jumper Menemerus bivittatus
  62. Menemerus nigli
  63. Mintonia protuberans
  64. Mintonia silvicola
  65. Red Weaver Ant-mimicking Spider Myrmaplata plataleoides
  66. Myrmaplata wanlessi
  67. Myrmarachne attenuata
  68. Myrmarachne cornuta
  69. Myrmarachne macrognatha
  70. Myrmarachne manducator
  71. Bicolor-ant-mimicking Jumping Spider Myrmarachne melanocephala
  72. Myrmarachne pumilio
  73. Myrmarachne pygmaea
  74. Myrmarachne ramosa
  75. Nannenus lyriger
  76. Nannenus syrphus
  77. Nungia hatamensis
  78. Ogdenia mutilla
  79. Orientattus minutus
  80. Orsima ichneumon
  81. Padillothorax semiostrinus
  82. Pancorius kohi
  83. Pancorius magnus
  84. Pancorius minutus
  85. Pancorius protervus
  86. Pancorius thorelli
  87. Parabathippus digitalis
  88. Parabathippus macilentus
  89. Parabathippus rectus
  90. Parabathippus shelfordi
  91. Pengmarengo chelifer
  92. Malayan Phaeacius Phaeacius malayensis
  93. Phintella bifurcilinea
  94. Phintella candramawa
  95. Phintella castor
  96. Phintella debilis
  97. Phintella lepidus
  98. Banded Phintella Phintella vittata
  99. Multi-coloured Phintella Phintelloides versicolor
  100. Plexippus coccinatus
  101. Piranthus api
  102. Piranthus kohi
  103. Piranthus mandai
  104. Larger Housefly Catcher Plexippus paykulli
  105. Common Housefly Catcher Plexippus petersi
  106. Portia crassipalpis
  107. Portia fimbriata
  108. White-moustached Portia Portia labiata
  109. Pseudicius decemnotatus
  110. Ptocasius gratiosus
  111. Ptocasius montiformis
  112. Ptocasius weyersi
  113. Bumblebee Jumper Pystira ephippigera
  114. Rhene flavigera
  115. Rhene setipes
  116. Rogmocrypta puta
  117. Siler flavocinctus
  118. Jade Jumping Spider Siler semiglaucus
  119. Simaetha cheni
  120. Simaetha deelemanae
  121. Spiny-legged Jumper Spartaeus spinimanus
  122. Two-striped Telamonia Telamonia dimidiata
  123. Jolly Telamonia Telamonia festiva
  124. Fighting Spider Thiania bhamoensis
  125. Thiania cupreonitens
  126. Thiania latefasciata
  127. Sword-bearing Thorelliola Thorelliola ensifera
  128. Toxeus hirsutipalpi
  129. Giant Ant-like Jumper Toxeus maxillosus
  130. Wide-jawed Viciria Viciria pavesii


©Eddy Lee


Male Elegant Golden Jumper (Chrysilla lauta) at Jurong Eco Garden ©Eddy Lee


Sea-green Northern Jumper (Cosmophasis thalassina) ©Eddy Lee


Yellow-lined Epeus (Epeus flavobilineatus) at Sungei Buloh ©Eddy Lee


Epocilla sp. at Woodlands ©Tan KH


Male Adanson's House Jumper (Hasarius adansoni) ©Eddy Lee


Female Adanson's House Jumper (Hasarius adansoni) ©Eddy Lee


Male Heavy Jumper (Hyllus diardi) at Chestnut Trail ©Eddy Lee.


Hyllus keratodes at Dairy Farm ©Eddy Lee


Heavy-bodied Jumper (Hyllus semicupreus). Left: ©Sylvia Chua. Right: Mattar Road ©Lau SY


Mangrove Jumper (Ligurra latidens). Left: Male at Mattar Road ©Lau SY. Right: Female at Sungei Serangoon ©Tan KH


Female Grey Wall Jumper (Menemerus bivittatus) at Punggol Waterway Park ©Tan KH


Pancorius magnus at Dairy Farm ©Eddy Lee


Pancorius thorelli at Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee


Malayan Phaeacius (Phaeacius malayensis) at NTU ©Eddy Lee


Phintella bifurcilinea ©Eddy Lee

Banded Phintella (Phintella vittata) ©Eddy Lee


White-moustached Portia (Portia labiata) at Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee


Male Jolly Telamonia (Telamonia festiva) ©Eddy Lee


Female Jolly Telamonia (Telamonia festiva) at Dairy Farm ©Eddy Lee


Another Jolly Telamonia (Telamonia festiva) at Chestnut Trail ©Eddy Lee


Male Two-striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata) at Dairy Farm ©Eddy Lee


Female Giant Ant-like Jumper (Toxeus maxillosus) at Chestnut Trail ©Eddy Lee


Wide-jawed Viciria (Viciria pavesii). Male (left) at Sungei Buloh, Female (right) at Chestnut Trail ©Eddy Lee

Reference

SONG, D. X., J. X. ZHANG & D. LI. The checklist of spiders of Singapore (Araneae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 50: 359-388.

Crab Spiders

Superfamily Thomisoidea


Crab Spiders are characterised by their resemblance to a crab, with the front two pairs of legs much larger than the rear two pairs.

Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)

  1. Alcimochthes limbatus
  2. Amyciaea forticeps
  3. Ant-like Crab Spider Amyciaea lineatipes
  4. Diamond-bellied Crab Spider Angaeus rhombifer
  5. Boliscus tuberculatus
  6. Litter Crab Spider Borboropactus sp.
  7. Epidius bipunctatus
  8. Lycopus rubropictus
  9. Misumena semicincta
  10. Misumenops dierythrus
  11. Nepenthes Crab Spider Misumenops nepenthicola
  12. Green Crab Spider Oxytate virens
  13. Philodamia hilaris
  14. Philodamia variata
  15. Piatythomisus octomaculatus
  16. Sanmenia kohi
  17. Synema lineatum
  18. Thomisus callidus
  19. Thomisus guangxicus
  20. Stoliczka's Crab Spider Thomisus stoliczka
  21. Tmarus pulchripes


Upper Peirce ©Eddy Lee


Misumenops sp. ©Eddy Lee


Tmarus pulchripes at Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail ©Sylvia Chua

Synema sp., most likely S. lineatum, at Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee


Thomisus stoliczka ©Eddy Lee


Thomisus sp. at Chestnut Trail ©Eddy Lee


Thomisus sp ©Eddy Lee


Thomisus sp.: Dairy Farm. Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee

Huntsman Spiders

Superfamily Sparassoidea


Huntsman spiders are separated from the rest of the spiders in having the limbs facing forward, like a crab. Their eyes are arranged in two rows of four. Some of them are so large that they are mistaken as Tarantulas. Some of them have hairy legs.

Huntsman Spiders (Family Sparassidae)

  1. Gnathopalystes kochi
  2. Heteropoda boiei
  3. David Bowie Spider (Heteropoda davidbowie)
  4. Heteropoda laai
  5. Heteropoda tetrica
  6. Domestic Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria)
  7. Olios cursor
  8. Olios lutescens
  9. Olios perezi
  10. Pandercetes sp.
  11. Stasina planithorax
  12. Thelcticopis bifasciata
  13. Malaysian Orange Huntsman (Thelcticopis modesta)


Mandai ©Eddy Lee


NTU ©Eddy Lee


Heteropoda sp. with egg case at Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee


Olios sp. at Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee


Pandercetes sp. at Dairy Farm and Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee


David Bowie Spider (Heteropoda davidbowie) at Dairy Farm ©Eddy Lee


David Bowie Spider (Heteropoda davidbowie) at Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee

 
Domestic Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria): Female at Kranji Nature Trail ©Lau SY. Male at Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee