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 |
| Type Locality | Sungai Bulu, South Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Central Kalimantan, South Sumatra), Brunei. |
| Habitat | Tree trunks in lowland dipterocarp forests. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy; ♀ (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995c)
Astratea insignis (Original description ♀)
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
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Central Kalimantan, South Sumatra), Brunei.