Palp-less Dimpled Orb Weaver
Like typical anapids, the pedicel is inserted into a shallow collar on the posterior slope of the carapace in both sexes. The male abdomen is armoured with a dorsal abdominal scutum. in addition to the ventral scutum which is present in both sexes.
The male of this species is recognised by the unique shape of a pair of apophyses on the femur of the male palp, one spine-like and the other bluntly triangular.
The female has significantly miniaturised palps, each reduced to two segments (coxa and trochanter). These are so small that in dorsal view they are not visible, the spider appearing a palp-less.
| Length | ♀ <1 mm; ♂ <1 mm |
| Distribution | Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, West Java), Thailand, China. |
| Habitat | Leaf-litter in maturing secondary forest, and drier parts of mangrove forests. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Holotype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; ♀ (unavailable) (Platnick & Shadab, 1979b)
Anapis paroculus (Original description ♀)
Pseudanapis paroculus (Original description ♂)
Simon, 1905c Arachnides de Java, recueillis par le Prof: 64, f. 3-4
Pseudanapis paroculus (♂♀)
Platnick & Shadab, 1979b A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Pseudanapis (Araneae, Anapidae): 17, f. 44-50, 54-55
Pseudanapis paroculus (♂♀)
Brignoli, 1981b New or interesting Anapidae (Arachnida, Araneae): 123, f. 10-13 doi:10.5962/bhl.part.82358
Pseudanapis ?parocula (♂♀)
Murphy & Roberts, 2015 Spider families of the world and their spinnerets: 531, f. 19
Pseudanapis parocula (♂♀)
Wei, Li & Lin, 2021 [Restudy on Pseudanapis aloha and P: 50, f. 3A-H, 4A-E doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2021.01.008
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, West Java), Thailand, China.