Singapore Midget Cobweb Spider
Nescina kohi can be recognised by the characters discussed above, together with its small size (slightly over 1 mm in both sexes), its habitat preference (leaf litter), the number of eyes (eight), the lack of armour plating on the body, and the fine details of both the male and female genitalia.
| Etymology | Named after Joseph K H Koh for his pioneering work on spider research in Singapore. |
| Length | ♀ < 2 mm; ♂ < 2 mm. |
| Habitat | Secondary forest leaf litter. |
| Type Locality | Singapore. |
| Distribution | Singapore. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Nescina kohi (Original description ♂♀)
Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 A survey of the spider family Nesticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Asia and Madagascar, with the description of forty-three new species: 20, f. 6A-D, 7A-G doi:10.3897/zookeys.627.8629
Holotype ♂
1 Sep 2015
CCNR, Mandai, Near Mandai Agrotechnology Park, forest leaf litter, Singapore
1°24'53"N, 103°47'56"E
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
Catalog No: JK.15.09.01.0001
Paratype ♀
1 Sep 2015
CCNR, Mandai, Near Mandai Agrotechnology Park, forest leaf litter, Singapore
1°24'55"N, 103°47'49"E
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
Catalog No: JK.15.09.01.0002
Singapore.