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Filistatidae Labahitha

Labahitha garciai (Simon, 1892)

Garcia Crevice Weaver

This species is sexually dimorphic, with the male showing a totally different abdominal pattern from the female. The male has a patch of white setae on the dorsum, while the female abdomen has indistinct patches of yellow-brown hairs against a dark background on the dorsal side. In both cases, the yellow-brown carapace is covered by a flattened layer of dark grey hairs.

Length♀ 5 mm; ♂ 4–5 mm.
HabitatOn walls or in crevices around the windows and door frames of derelict or poorly-maintained buildings.
BiologySeveral spiders may be found in one web. As shown on the previous page, webs often contain fragments of prey.
Type LocalitySan Mateo Cave, Rizal, Philippines.
DistributionMalaysia (Sarawak), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore.

Taxonomy

Type Depositories

  1. Holotype

    Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium; ♀ (143165) of Pritha sechellana (Magalhaes et al., 2022a)

  2. Holotype

    University of Turku Zoological Museum (MZT/ZMUT), Turku, Finland; ♀ of Pritha heikkii (Magalhaes et al., 2022a)

  3. Paratype(s)

    Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium; 3♀ 2 Juvenile (143106) of Pritha sechellana (Magalhaes et al., 2022a)

  4. Syntype(s)

    Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 2♂ 1♀ (AR 5414) (Magalhaes et al., 2022a)

  5. Syntype(s)

    Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 1♂ 1♀ of Filistata pulchella (Magalhaes et al., 2022a)

  6. Allotype

    Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium; ♀ (143165) of Pritha sechellana (Magalhaes et al., 2022a)

Taxonomic references

  1. Filistata garciai (Original description ♂♀)

    Simon, 1892c Arachnides: 37

  2. Filistata pulchella (Original description ♂♀)

    Simon, 1893d Voyage de M: 66

  3. Pritha garciai (♂, Transferred from Filistata, Synonym of Filistata pulchella)

    Lehtinen, 1967 Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha: 260, f. 23

  4. Pritha heikkii (Original description ♀)

    Saaristo, 1978 Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Seychelle islands, with notes on taxonomy: 99, f. 1-10

  5. Pritha sechellana (Original description ♂♀)

    Benoit, 1978g Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P: 677, f. A-B

  6. Pritha heikkii (mf, Synonym of Pritha sechellana)

    Saaristo, 2010 Araneae: 69, f. 10.1-6

  7. Labahitha (♂)

    Zonstein, Marusik & Magalhaes, 2017 Labahitha nom: 307, f. 4A-B doi:10.15298/arthsel.26.4.04

  8. Labahitha garciai (♂♀, Transferred from Pritha, Synonym of Pritha heikkii = P. sechellana)

    Magalhaes et al., 2022a Labahitha spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Filistatidae) from islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: 12, f. 2C-E, 7A-I, 8A-H, 9A-E, 10A-H, 11A-D, 12A-F, 28A, 29A-B doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.805.1693

Distribution of Labahitha garciai (Simon, 1892)

Malaysia (Sarawak), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore.

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