Round-tailed Runcinia
This species is distinguished from the R. acuminata by its posteriorly rounded abdomen. The female is easily recognised by the presence of a median, longitudinal, and white line over the carapace.
Length | ♀ 4–6 mm; ♂ 3 mm |
Type Locality | Queensland, Australia. |
Distribution | Widespread, including Africa, Singapore, Thailand, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia. |
Habitat | Grasses and shrubs in vacant land, often hiding within a shelter made of a banded blade of grass secured by silk on the sides |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Syntype
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Runcinia albostriata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906, 2 ♀, 1 ♂ (subadult) (4365-128)
Syntype
Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019); ♂ (A0000807) of Diaea insecta L. Koch, 1875
Diaea insecta (Original description ♂)
L. Koch, 1875a Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 12-16]: 579, pl. 45, f. 1 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660
Runcinia affinis (Original description ♀; N.B.: may be a junior Synonym of R. spinulosa, per Marusik, 1993b: 465 and Lehtinen, 2004)
Runcinia annamita (Original description ♀)
Runcinia albostriata (Original description ♂♀)
Dönitz & Strand, in Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 Japanische Spinnen: 252, pl. 10, f. 162
Plancinus advecticius (Original description ♀)
Simon, 1909e Etude sur les arachnides du Tonkin (1re partie): 140
Runcinia cataracta (Original description ♀)
Lawrence, 1927 Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa V: 36, pl. 1, f. 23
Thomisus cherapunjeus (Original description ♀)
Tikader, 1966g Studies on some crab-spider (family: Thomisidae) from Khasi and Jaintia hills, Assam, India: 53, f. 1a-b
Thomisus cherapunjeus (♀)
Tikader, 1968b Studies on spider fauna of Khasi and Jaintia hills, Assam, India: 104, f. 13-14
Thomisus cherapunjeus (♀)
Tikader, 1971a Revision of Indian crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae): 24, f. 8K-L
Runcinia chauhani (Original description ♀)
Sen & Basu, 1973 A new spider of the genus Runcinia Simon, 1875 (Thomisidae: Archanida [sic], from India: 103, f. 1A-B
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Song, 1980 [Farm Spiders]: 196, f. 110a-e
Thomisus cherapunjeus (♀)
Tikader, 1980a Thomisidae (Crab-spiders): 54, f. 82-83
Runcinia affinis (♂♀, Synonym of Runcinia cataracta)
Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a The crab-spiders of southern Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae): 317, f. 38-42
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Wang, 1981 [Protection and utilization of spiders in paddy fields]: 127, f. 68A-C
Thomisus cherapunjeus (♀)
Tikader & Biswas, 1981 Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I: 78, f. 139-140
Runcinia affinis (♂♀)
Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983 The spider genera Misumena, Misumenops, Runcinia and Thomisus (Araneae: Thomisidae) of southern Africa: 46, f. 28a-c
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Guo, 1985 [Farm spiders from Shaanxi Province]: 167, f. 2-94.1-3
Runcinia albostriata (♀)
Yaginuma, 1986a Spiders of Japan in color (new ed: 210, f. 116.4
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Song, 1987 Spiders from agricultural regions of China (Arachnida: Araneae): 267, f. 223
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Zhang, 1987 [Farm spiders from Hebei Province]: 219, f. 191.1-3
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Ono, 1988c A revisional study of the spider family Thomisidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Japan: 186, f. 187-192
Runcinia albostriata (♀)
Feng, 1990 Spiders of China in colour: 184, f. 159.1-3
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Chen & Gao, 1990 The Sichuan farmland spiders in China: 170, f. 216a-b
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Chen & Zhang, 1991 Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida: 266, f. 278.1-4
Runcinia albostriata (♀)
Zhao, 1993 Spiders in the cotton fields in China: 371, f. 182a-b
Runcinia albostriata (♀)
Okuma et al., 1993 Illustrated Monograph of the Rice Field Spiders of Bangladesh. Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Agriculture (Salna, Gazipur, Bangladesh): 65, f. 55
Runcinia albostriata (♀)
Barrion & Litsinger, 1994 Taxonomy of rice insect pests and their arthropod parasites and predators: 291, f. 1469-1470
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia: 224, f. 128a-e, 129a-e
Runcinia albostriata (♀)
Zhao, 1995 Araneida: 1088, f. 523a-b
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Song & Zhu, 1997 Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae: 161, f. 113A-F
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 485, f. 275I, 281H
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Kim & Gwon, 2001 A revisional study of the spider family Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea: 41, f. 58-63
Thomisus cherapunjeus (♀)
Sunil Jose & Sebastian, 2001b New report on some crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Kerala, India: 184, f. 2A-B
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Namkung, 2002 The spiders of Korea: 540, f. 42.23a-b
Runcinia albostriata (♀)
Kim & Cho, 2002 Spider: Natural Enemy & Resources: 155, f. 295-300
Runcinia albostriata (♂♀)
Namkung, 2003 The Spiders of Korea, 2nd: 543, f. 42.23a-b
Runcinia affinis (Synonym of Plancinus advecticius, Runcinia albostriata, R. annamita, R. chauhani, R. sangasanga and Thomisus cherapunjea)
Lehtinen, 2004 Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions: 175
Runcinia affinis (♂♀)
Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004 Rice-feeding insects and selected natural enemies in West Africa: biology, ecology, identification: 214, f. 634-636
Thomisus cherapunjeus (♀)
Gajbe, 2007 Araneae: Arachnida: 440, f. 40-41
Runcinia affinis (♂♀)
Ono, 2009a The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species: 528, f. 311-315
Runcinia affinis (♂♀)
Yin et al., 2012 Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China: 1293, f. 696a-e
Runcinia affinis (♂♀)
Kim & Lee, 2012a Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae: 40, f. 16A-E
Runcinia insecta (mf, Transferred from Diaea, Synonym of Runcinia affinis)
Szymkowiak, 2014 Revision of Australian species of the genus Diaea (Araneae: Thomisidae) with redefinition of their taxonomic status: 450, f. 71A-D, 72A-B doi:10.3161/000345414X684795
Runcinia insecta (♀)
Caleb, 2020b Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India: 15748, f. 23C-F, 31B doi:10.11609/jott.5758.12.7.15711-15766
Runcinia insecta (♂♀)
Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 2 My-R: 58, 58: 4 f., 59: 2 f. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513276
Thomisus cherapunjius (♂♀, lapsus)
Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2024 Taxonomic account of some crab-spiders genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Misumeninae: Thomisidae) from Bangladesh: 167, f. 2a-f, 3b doi:10.59619/ej.5.2.9
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Widespread, including Africa, Singapore, Thailand, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia.