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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.
HabitatLeaf litter; occasionally among herbage, shrubs or dried out fern fronds in wasteland.
Type LocalityFraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia.
DistributionBrunei, Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (Pahang, Kedah), Singapore.

Taxonomy

Type Depositories

  1. Holotype

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

  2. Paratype(s)

    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

Distribution of Nasoona chrysanthusi Locket, 1982

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

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