Pandercetes
Genus of spiders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genus of spiders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pandercetes is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in his 1875 treatise on Australian spiders.[2] They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia, and are known for their cryptic coloration that matches local moss and lichen. Their legs have lateral hairs, giving them a feathery appearance, further masking their outline against tree trunks. Their head is somewhat elevated and the carapace has the thoracic region low and flat.[3]
Pandercetes | |
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Pandercetes cf. celatus from the Western Ghats showing typical cryptic patterning | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Sparassidae |
Genus: | Pandercetes L. Koch, 1875[1] |
Type species | |
P. gracilis L. Koch, 1875 | |
Species | |
16, see text |
The genus is characterized by the internal anatomy of the reproductive structures. Males have irregular coils at the terminal end, while females have screw like copulatory ducts.[4]
As of October 2019[update] it contains sixteen species and one subspecies, found in tropical forests in Asia, extending east to Australia:[1]
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