White-lined Pirate Spider
The female is recognised by a median black band on the anterior three-fifth of the carapace and a short white median band at the anterior end of a largely reddish-brown dorsum with other black and white lines.
Length | ♀ 5 mm; ♂ unknown |
Distribution | Singapore. |
Habitat | Vegetation in open parkland. |
Biology | The spherical egg sac is initially carried in the mother’s mouthparts. It is eventually bound within an intricate but loosely woven bundle of wiry golden silk and suspended by a cable-like strand of threads fixed to a substrate such as branches or rocks. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Singapore.