Raccoon Pseudo-orb Weaver
This is the larger of the two Fecenia species in Singapore. The abdomen is covered by greyish hairs in the males and brownish hairs in females. The anterior dorsum is longitudinally marked with a narrow backward-pointing band. Over most of the posterior dorsum, a series of paired dark patches, each delinated by a narrow anterior white line, are arranged on the posterior dorsum. The pattern suggests a certain similarity with a raccoon tail. Ventrally, the dark-coloured venter is traversed by a pale irregular band.
| Length | ♀ 13–16 mm; ♂ 8 mm |
| Type Locality | Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Johor, Sabah, Sarawak), Indonesia (Aceh, West Java, Maluku, North Maluku, West Papua, Papua), Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands. |
| Habitat | Sunny and shady parts of secondary forests. |
| Biology | The spider habitually hides in retreats made of a large, dried, folded or crumpled leaf suspended at the centre of a vertical pseudo orb web. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Tegenaria ochracea (Original description ♀)
Doleschall, 1859 Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel: 50, pl. 8, f. 8
Mezentia angustata (Original description ♀)
Fecenia angustata
Simon, 1892a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier: 226 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Fecenia ochracea (♀)
Simon, 1906b Etude sur les araignées de la section des cribellates: 287, f. 1B
Fecenia montana (Original description ♀)
Kulczyński, 1910 Araneae et Arachnoidea Arthrogastra: 389, pl. 17, f. 1
Fecenia oblonga (Original description ♀)
Fecenia cinerea (Original description ♀)
Hogg, 1914a Spiders collected by the Wollaston and British Ornithological Union Expeditions in Dutch New Guinea: 56
Fecenia cinerea (♀)
Hogg, 1915a Report on the spiders collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea: 437, f. 23
Fecenia buruana (Original description ♂♀)
Reimoser, 1936 Fauna Buruana: 406, f. 1
Fecenia ochracea (Synonym of Fecenia angustata, F. buruana, F. cinerea, F. maforensis, F. montana and F. oblonga)
Lehtinen, 1967 Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha: 234
Fecenia buruana (♂♀)
Chrysanthus, 1967b Spiders from south New Guinea IX: 104, f. 66-67
Fecenia ochracea (♂♀)
Levi, 1982 The spider genera Psechrus and Fecenia (Araneae: Psechridae): 133, f. 68-79, 90
Fecenia ochracea (♂♀)
Bayer, 2011 Revision of the pseudo-orbweavers of the genus Fecenia Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Psechridae), with emphasis on their pre-epigyne: 12, f. 1-47, 96, 102-104, 118 doi:10.3897/zookeys.153.2110
Fecenia ochracea (♂♀)
Tan, Koh & Ang, 2018 New record of a pseudo-orb weaver, Fecenia ochracea (Doleschall, 1859) in Singapore (Araneae: Psechridae): 16, f. 2b, 4a-b, 5, 8a-b, 9a-b
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Johor, Sabah, Sarawak), Indonesia (Aceh, West Java, Maluku, North Maluku, West Papua, Papua), Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands.