Singapore Tube Web Spider
This genus is characteristised by the armature on legs I and II, with two rows of closely appressed spines on the ventral sides of the metatarsi and tibiae. In the male (not shown), the metatarsus I is usually bent.
In this species, the carapace is longer than wide, with diffuse darker colouration around the cephalic region.
Length | ♀7 mm; ♂6 mm. |
Habitat | In crevices in rock cliffs or walls, in tunnels made by various wood boring insects. |
Distribution | Singapore. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Singapore.