Granulate Sphingius
In Singapore, this species is more common than S. punctatus. It differs from S. punctatus by having a minutely granulated carapace, with more finely serrated lateral margins. The legs are more conspicuously banded with black than in S. punctatus.
| Length | ♀ 5–6 mm; ♂ 4–5 mm. |
| Habitat | Leaf litter in forests, under logs or stones on open ground in gardens, scrubland, and nature parks. |
| Type Locality | Mawlamyine, Mon, Myanmar. |
| Distribution | Malaysia (Selangor), Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Thamphilus vivax (Original description ♀)
Thorell, 1897a Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine: 233
Alaeho linoi (Original description ♂)
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia: 170, f. 97a-d
Sphingius vivax (mf, Synonym of Alaeho linoi)
Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 Forest spiders of South East Asia: with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanterriidae [sic]): 494, f. 840-842
Sphingius vivax (♀)
Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b Neotype designation for Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890, synonymies, new records and descriptions of six new species from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Liocranidae): 18, f. 4 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3066.1.1
Malaysia (Selangor), Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.