Poltys (spider)

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Poltys
Tailed Spider (Poltys mouhoti) (8756802709).jpg
Poltys mouhoti
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Poltys
C. L. Koch, 1843[1]
Type species

C. L. Koch, 1843
Species

43, see text

Poltys is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by C. L. Koch in 1843.[2] Many species are cryptic and are known to masquerade as leaves and twigs during the day,[3] and build an orb web at night to capture prey. The shape of the abdomen which often gives the impression of a rough and broken branch can vary among individuals within a species.[4] The web is eaten up before dawn and reconstructed after dusk.[5]

Species[]

As of April 2019 it contains forty-three species:[1]

  • Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar
  • Thorell, 1892 – Singapore
  • Simon, 1907 – Gabon
  • (Tikader, 1970) – India
  • Patel, 1988 – India
  • Simon, 1907 – Sierra Leone, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890 – India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Sumatra), Japan
  • Pocock, 1898 – East Africa
  • (Walckenaer, 1841) – Vietnam
  • Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Han, Zhang & Zhu, 2010 – China
  • Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Hogg, 1899 – New Guinea, indonesia (Moluccas), Australia (Queensland)
  • Simon, 1881 – Tanzania (Zanzibar), South Africa
  • Bastawade & Khandal, 2006 – India
  • Smith, 2006 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
  • Han, Zhang & Zhu, 2010 – China
  • Locket, 1980 – Comoros, Seychelles
  • (Ausserer, 1871) – China, Borneo
  • C. L. Koch, 1843 (type) – Thailand to Australia (mainland, Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is.)
  • Smith, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Keyserling, 1864 – Mauritius, Madagascar
  • Keyserling, 1886 – Australia
  • Hogg, 1919 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Smith, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory), Indonesia (Bali, Sumbawa)
  • Simon, 1897 – Sierra Leone
  • (Günther, 1862) – Vietnam
  • Tikader, 1982 – Iran, India
  • Saito, 1933 – Taiwan
  • Smith, 2006 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
  • Thorell, 1891 – India (Nicobar Is.)
  • Han, Zhang & Zhu, 2010 – China
  • Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar
  • Bastawade & Khandal, 2006 – India
  • Lenz, 1886 – Madagascar
  • Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar
  • Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar to Australia (Queensland)
  • Smith, 2006 – New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.
  • Simon, 1897 – Vietnam
  • Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar
  • Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
  • Simon, 1889 – Madagascar

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. ^ Koch, C. L. (1843). Die Arachniden.
  3. ^ Kuntner, Matjaž; Gregorič, Matjaž; Cheng, Ren-Chung; Li, Daiqin (2016). "Leaf masquerade in an orb web spider" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 44 (3): 397. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-16-027.1.
  4. ^ Smith, Helen M. (2003). "Shape variation in Australian Poltys species (Araneae: Araneidae)" (PDF). Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 12 (8): 355–360.
  5. ^ Smith, Helen M (2009). "The costs of moving for a diurnally cryptic araneid spider". Journal of Arachnology. 37: 84–91. doi:10.1636/ST07-62.1.
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