Asian Shovel-nose Big-eye Cobweb Spider
In both sexes, the eyes are comparatively large and mounted on a slightly elevated tubercle. as in all Coscinida. The abdomen is speckled with white spots and flecks, and has brownish black patches. The overall colouration ranges from light orange to brown, which helps to distinguish C. asiatica from the species on the previous page.
The male is easily recognised by the modified clypeus. which protrudes to form a broad triangular shovel-like process. The tip of the clypeal projection is covered with a cluster of short bristles.
| Length | ♀ 2 mm; ♂ 2 mm. |
| Habitat | Grassy areas in scrubland. |
| Type Locality | Guangxi, China. |
| Distribution | China, Laos, Singapore. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Holotype
Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China; ♀ (Zhu & Zhang, 1992)
Paratype(s)
Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China; 2♂ 1♀ (Zhu & Zhang, 1992)
Allotype
Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China; ♂ (Zhu & Zhang, 1992)
Coscinida asiatica (Original description ♂♀)
Zhu & Zhang, 1992 Notes of some species of Theridiidae in Guangxi (Arachnida: Araneae): 24, f. 5A-F
Coscinida asiatica (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Li, 1993 Arachnida: Araneae: 856, f. 8A-F
Coscinida asiatica (♂♀)
Zhu, 1998 Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae: 32, f. 14A-E
Coscinida asiatica (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 110, f. 52J-M
Coscinida asiatica (♂♀)
Yin, Peng & Bao, 2006 Three species of the genus Coscinida from China (Araneae, Theridiidae): 794, f. 1-5
Coscinida asiatica (♂)
Wunderlich, 2008b On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa: 281, f. 326a-d
Coscinida asiatica (♂♀)
Yin et al., 2012 Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China: 314, f. 120a-e
China, Laos, Singapore.