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Linyphiidae Nasoona

Nasoona chrysanthusi Locket, 1982

Father Chrysanthus’ Hammock Spider

This species may be recognised by the patterns on the dorsum and venter in both sexes. There is a median dark patch on the venter not found in N. prominula. The male of N. chrysanthusi differs from those of other Singapore Nasoona by having a normal carapace, without a turret topped with a forward-pointing spine and bristles.

The species was named in honour of the late Father Chrysanthus (1905–1973), a Dutch priest who contributed greatly to Southeast Asian arachnology through his many papers on the spiders of the Indonesian territories that are now parts of the province of Papua.

Length♀ 1 – 2 mm; ♂ 1 – 2 mm
Type LocalityFraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
DistributionSingapore, Malaysia (Pahang, Kedah), Indonesia (Sumatra), Brunei.
HabitatLeaf litter; occasionally among herbage, shrubs or dried out fern fronds in wasteland.

Taxonomy

Type Deposits*

  1. Holotype

    British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; ♂ (1981.10.23.28) (Locket, 1982)

  2. Paratype

    British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; 3♂ 4♀ (1981.10.23.29-35) (Locket, 1982)

Taxonomic references*

  1. Nasoona chrysanthusi (Original description ♂♀)

    Locket, 1982 Some linyphiid spiders from western Malaysia: 368, f. 33-43

  2. Nasoona chrysanthusi (♂)

    Tanasevitch, 2014d On the linyphiid spiders from Thailand and West Malaysia (Arachnida: Aranei: Linyphiidae): 407, f. 48-51 doi:10.15298/arthsel.23.4.08

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Nasoona chrysanthusi Locket, 1982

Singapore, Malaysia (Pahang, Kedah), Indonesia (Sumatra), Brunei.

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