Reticulated Python Whip Spider
The carapace is dark olive-brown with a paler median stripe and lateral margins. The rest of the body and legs are similarly coloured, with an elaborate pattern of spots and patches, calling to mind the image of a reticulated python.
| Length | ♀ 22 mm; ♂ 20 mm |
| Type Locality | Yunnan, China |
| Distribution | Singapore, China. |
| Habitat | Foliage in parkland. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China; ♂ (Gao & Li, 2014)
Ariamnes petilus (Original description ♂)
Gao & Li, 2014 Comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the tropical rainforest of Xishuangbanna, Southwest China: 13, f. 10A-B, 11A-B, 12A-D doi:10.11865/zs20140101
Ariamnes petilus (♂, D♀)
Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2025 Spiders resembling worms: notes on Ariamnes Thorell, 1869 (Araneae: Theridiidae) with the description of a new species from Papua New Guinea and the female of A: 141, f. 9A-D, 10, 11A-C
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, China.