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Thomisidae Ebrechtella

Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877)

Red-Blotched Ebrechtella

Spiders of the genus Ebrechtella share the same body plan seen in Henriksenia. Mastira and thomisids provisionally classified under the genus Massuria. All have lateral eyes on short tubercles, a glossy carapace and a pentagonal abdomen. They are often found in similar habitats. For these reasons, it may be difficult to distinguish them, especially when specimens are immature, and the genitalia cannot be examined. However, Ebrechtella may be identified by elimination: they do not show some of the more discernible bodily characteristics associated with similar-looking genera discussed under the respective pages.

The species name of E. concinna means "red" in Latin. It refers to the indistinct blood-red blotches on the almost silvery white dorsum of the females. The males are smaller and have more conspicuous red abdominal botches, a coloured band around the eyes, and banded legs.

Length♀ 3–5 mm; ♂ 2–3 mm
DistributionSingapore, Malaysia (Johor), Indonesia (Papua, South East Sulawesi), Philippines, Pakistan.
HabitatTall grasses, shrubs and trees in disturbed areas and nature parks.

Taxonomy

Type Deposits*

  1. Holotype

    Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany; ♂ (19782, 19782a) of Ebrechtella fruhstorferi (Lehtinen, 2004)

  2. Holotype

    Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy; ♀ (Lehtinen, 2004)

  3. Holotype

    Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden; Juvenile of Misumena dierythra (Lehtinen, 2004)

  4. Holotype

    International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines; ♀ of Misumenops maygitgitus (Lehtinen, 2004)

  5. Lectotype

    Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; ♂ (B 1316, No. 41) of Misumenops subargentatus (Marusik, 1993b)

  6. Paralectotype

    Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; 2♀ 1 Juvenile♂ (B 1316, No. 41) of Misumenops subargentatus (Marusik, 1993b)

Taxonomic references*

  1. Diaea concinna (Original description ♂)

    Thorell, 1877b Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani: 516

  2. Diaea subargentata (Original description ♂♀)

    O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b Araneidea. In: Scientific results of the second Yarkand mission; based upon the collections and notes of the late Ferdinand Stoliczka, Ph. D: 65 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.119960

  3. Misumena dierythra (Original description j)

    Thorell, 1892a Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani: 92, 470

  4. Ebrechtella fruhstorferi (Original description ♂)

    Dahl, 1907a Synaema marlothi, eine neue Laterigraden-Art und ihre Stellung in System: 376

  5. Misumenops direythra (lapsus)

    Roewer, 1955c Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex): 846

  6. Misumena gamma (Original description ♀)

    Chrysanthus, 1964 Spiders from south New Guinea VI: 99, f. 40, 48-50

  7. Misumena silveryi (Original description ♀)

    Tikader, 1965a On some new species of spiders of the family Thomisidae from India: 281, f. 6a-b

  8. Misumena silveryi (♀)

    Tikader, 1971a Revision of Indian crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae): 42, f. 12F-G

  9. Misumena silveryi (♀)

    Tikader, 1980a Thomisidae (Crab-spiders): 97, f. 136-137

  10. Misumenops subargentatus (♂♀, Transferred from Diaea)

    Marusik, 1993b Re-description of spiders of the families Heteropodidae and Thomisidae (Aranei), described by O: 463, f. 15-18

  11. Misumenops maygitgitus (Original description ♀)

    Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia: 267, f. 156a-f

  12. Ebrechtella concinna (mf, Transferred from Diaea, Synonym of Ebrechtella fruhstorferi, Misumena gamma, M. silveryi, Misumenops dierythra, M. maygitgitus  and M. subargentatus)

    Lehtinen, 2004 Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions: 164, f. 11, 42-45, 73

  13. Ebrechtella concinna (♂♀, some synonyms may represent valid species)

    Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2025 A review of some species of Ebrechtella Dahl, 1907 (Araneae: Thomisidae) with description of two new species: 3, f. 1A-C, 3H, 4A-B doi:10.5281/zenodo.15007801

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877)

Singapore, Malaysia (Johor), Indonesia (Papua, South East Sulawesi), Philippines, Pakistan.

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