Common Black Leathery Sac Spider
This is a common species easily recognised by the transverse grey and black bands around the abdomen, even though the banding pattern may be variable among individuals. There is also considerable variation in size within the species. The female abdomen is pear-shaped, while the male abdomen appears like a longish vase or a laboratory flask.
| Length | ♀ 6–10 mm; ♂ 7–11 mm |
| Type Locality | Kendari, SE Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Distribution | Widespread, including Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Indonesia (Maluku, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, South East Sulawesi), Brunei, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, India. |
| Habitat | Foliage in primary and secondary forests, wasteland.and gardens. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy; ♂ (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993b)
Holotype
College of Environment and Plant Protection, Hainan University (HANU), Haikou, China; ♀ of Corinnomma yulinguana (Barrion et al., 2013)
Holotype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; ♀ (3916) of Corinnomma harmandi (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993b)
Paratype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; ♂ (6718) (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993b)
Syntype
National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India; 1♀ (5779/H2) of Castianeira himalayensis (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019a)
Corinna severa (Original description ♂)
Corinnomma severum
Corinnomma harmandi (Original description ♀)
Corinnomma harmandi (Original description ♂)
Corinnomma harmandi (♀)
Workman, 1896 Malaysian spiders: 79, pl. 79 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972
Corinnomma harmandi (♀)
Gravely, 1931 Some Indian spiders of the families Ctenidae, Sparassidae, Selenopidae and Clubionidae: 276, f. 20F
Corinnomma harmandi (♂)
Schenkel, 1963 Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris: 269, f. 152a-f
Castianeira himalayensis (♀)
Tikader & Biswas, 1981 Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I: 72, f. 127-128
Castianeira himalayensis (♀; misidentified per Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993b: 177)
Tikader, 1981d Studies on spiders of the genus Castianeira Keyserling (Family: Clubionidae) from India: 265, f. 14-16
Castianeira himalayensis (♀)
Majumder & Tikader, 1991 Studies on some spiders of the family Clubionidae from India: 137, f. 282-286
Corinnomma severum (♂♀, Synonym of Corinnomma harmandi)
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993b A new spider genus from Thailand with a unique ant-mimicking device, with description of some other castianeirine spiders (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae): 177, f. 13-16, 18-19, 23
Castianeira tiranglupa (Original description ♂)
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia: 172, f. 98a-f
Castianeira himalayensis (may belong to Corinnomma)
Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 Forest spiders of South East Asia: with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanterriidae [sic]): 316
Corinnomma yulinguana (Original description ♀)
Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, in Barrion et al., 2013 New species of spiders (Araneae) from Hainan Island, China: 10, f. 10A-D doi:10.5281/zenodo.269136
Corinnomma severum (♂)
Raven, 2015 A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific: 32, f. 12a-d doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1
Castianeira himalayensis (♀)
Sen et al., 2015 Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary: 71, f. 394-398, pl. 18
Castianeira himalayensis (♀)
Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017 Litter and ground dwelling spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars, West Bengal: 55, f. 219-223, pl. 20
Corinnomma severum (♂♀)
Corinnomma severum (♀, Synonym of Castianeira himalayensis)
Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019a New synonymies and transfers in Castianeira Keyserling, 1879 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae) from India: 334, f. 2A-C,E doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4623.2.7
Corinnomma severum (♀)
Suzuki et al., 2020a Field observation on predation of an orb web spider (Araneae: Araneidae) by the corinnid sac spider, Corinnomma severum (Araneae: Corinnidae): 75, f. 1-3 doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.75
Corinnomma severum (♀)
Caleb, 2020b Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India: 15720, f. 6G-J, 25K doi:10.11609/jott.5758.12.7.15711-15766
Corinnomma severum (♂♀, Synonym of Corinnomma yulinguana)
Zhang, Jin & Zhang, 2022 Two new species of Corinnomma Karsch, 1880 from Yunnan, China (Araneae: Corinnidae, Castianeirinae): 244, f. 3A-D, 4A-E, 9E-F, 10A-B doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5222.3.2
Corinnomma severum (♂)
Sankaran, 2023a An update on the ant-mimicking genus Corinnomma Karsch, 1880 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae): 536, f. 4A-E, 5D doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5254.4.5
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Widespread, including Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Indonesia (Maluku, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, South East Sulawesi), Brunei, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, India.