- Source: Thelcticopis
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.
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.
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 2:125-133 PDF (description of T. klossi and T. karnyi)