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Medmassa insignis (Thorell, 1890)

Caramel-patched Spiny Sac Spider

This brown species can be distinguished from the Medmassa sp. above by its larger size and by a caramel-coloured posterior abdominal patch. as well as a similarly coloured belt around the carapace margin.

Length	♀ 11 mm; ♂ 11 mm.
Habitat	Tree trunks in lowland dipterocarp forests.
Type Locality	Sungai Bulu, South Sumatra, Indonesia.
Distribution	Brunei, Indonesia (Central Kalimantan, South Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah), Singapore.

Taxonomy
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Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
  - Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
    - Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
      - Order Araneae (Spiders)
        Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
        Family Corinnidae (Armoured Sac Spiders)
        Genus Medmassa
        Medmassa insignis (Caramel-patched Spiny Sac Spider)

Type Depositories

Holotype
Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy; ♀ (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995c)

Taxonomic references

Astratea insignis (Original description ♀)
Thorell, 1890a Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani: 365
Medmassa insignis
Simon, 1898a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 198 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Astratea insignis (♀, Transferred from Medmassa)
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995c New or little known non-antmimicking spiders of the subfamily Castianeirinae from Southeast Asia (Arachnida: Araneae: Clubionidae): 45, f. 1-4
Medmassa insignis (♀, D♂)
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]): 349, f. 527-535

Distribution of Medmassa insignis (Thorell, 1890)

Brunei, Indonesia (Central Kalimantan, South Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah), Singapore.