Four-spotted Nursery Web Spider
This is another spider described by Teodor Thorell based on specimens collected by Thomas Workman in Singapore. It was originally named "quadrimaculata" (meaning "four spots") even though in most specimens only two of the spots are readily noticeable. The other pair are made of the two narrow white median lines on the dorsum, smudged at their posterior end. In both sexes, a white median longitudinal line runs over most of the carapace.
| Length | ♀ 10 mm; ♂ 6–7 mm |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak), Brunei. |
| Habitat | Among foliage in moist surrounding, such as vegetation overhanging jungle streams. |
| Biology | The spider spins a three-dimensional web with a platform at the bottom, and hides within curled leaves suspended in the web. Webs are usually spun near one another. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Eurychoera quadrimaculata (Original description ♀)
Eurychoera quadrimaculata (c)
Murphy & Murphy, 2000 An introduction to the spiders of South East Asia with notes on all the genera: 25, f. 1.17
Eurychoera quadrimaculata (mf)
Jäger, 2007 Spiders from Laos with descriptions of new species (Arachnida: Araneae): 42, f. 26-34 doi:10.2476/asjaa.56.29
Sphedanus quadrimaculatus (♀)
Jäger, 2011 Revision of the spider genera Nilus O: 10, f. 24-26 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3046.1.1
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak), Brunei.