Beaded Crab Spider
The "boxy" cephalothorax is exceptionally high in side view and the legs are relatively short and stout, without spines. The dorsum is studded with small bead-shaped projections. Their colour is usually uniformly dark but some specimens, young or mature, may be lighter or may bear lighter abdominal patches. The carapace and abdomen of mature females are often covered by strands of silk. presumably laid down by visiting males attempting to mate with them.
| Length | ♀ 4 mm; ♂ 2 mm |
| Type Locality | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Distribution | Widespread, including Singapore, Malaysia (Selangor, Sabah), Brunei, Indonesia (Bali, East Nusa Tenggara), Thailand (Bangkok), Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Japan, South Korea. |
| Habitat | Wayside and grassland plants. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; subadult ♀ (22412) of Boliscodes amaenulus (Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2019b)
Holotype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; Juvenile of Boliscus segnis (Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2019b)
Corynethrix tuberculata (Original description ♀)
Boliscus segnis (Original description j)
Thorell, 1891 Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien: 98
Boliscus tuberculatus
Simon, 1895a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier: 1006 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Boliscus segnis (Original description ♀)
Thorell, 1895b Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum: 283 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492
Boliscus segnis (♀)
Workman, 1896 Malaysian spiders: 93, pl. 93 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972
Boliscodes amaenulus (Original description ♀)
Simon, 1909e Etude sur les arachnides du Tonkin (1re partie): 129
Boliscus tuberculatus (Original description ♂, ♀, Synonym of Boliscus segnis)
Ono, 1984 The Thomisidae of Japan IV: 66, f. 1-8
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂♀)
Yaginuma, 1986a Spiders of Japan in color (new ed: 210, f. 116.5
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂♀)
Chikuni, 1989b Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan: 143, f. 24
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂♀)
Song & Zhu, 1997 Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae: 175, f. 123A-H
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 480, f. 274E-F, 276I, M
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂♀)
Namkung, 2002 The spiders of Korea: 534, f. 42.17a-c
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂♀)
Namkung, 2003 The Spiders of Korea, 2nd: 537, f. 42.17a-c
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂♀)
Ono, 2009a The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species: 531, f. 339-345
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂♀)
Kim & Lee, 2012a Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae: 14, f. 4A-F
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂)
Ramírez, 2014 The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae): 212, f. 140D, 152G doi:10.1206/821.1
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂)
Lehtinen, 2016 Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s: 164, f. 7b-c, g-h
Boliscus tuberculatus (♂, Synonym of Boliscodes amaenulus)
Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2019b Redescription of Boliscus decipiens, with a new synonym in Boliscus tuberculatus (Araneae: Thomisidae): 130, f. 1B-C, 2A-B, 3B doi:10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.129
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Widespread, including Singapore, Malaysia (Selangor, Sabah), Brunei, Indonesia (Bali, East Nusa Tenggara), Thailand (Bangkok), Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Japan, South Korea.