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Thomisidae Strigoplus

Strigoplus albostriatus Simon, 1885

Rake-faced Crab spider

All Strigoplus have a characteristic wide and protruding clypeus armed with a single row of short and stiff spines. Similar spines are spread across the area between the AME and PME. The chelicerae are also armed with stiff and long spines. The carapace is pockmarked with sockets each bearing a long and stiff spine.

The species name "albostriatus" means "white lines" in Latin. It refers to the white transverse white lines on the leading edge and posterior half of the abdomen.

Length♀ 4–7 mm; ♂ 3–5 mm
DistributionSingapore, Malaysia (Selangor, Penang), Indonesia (Java, Riau Islands), Brunei, Myanmar.
HabitatWasteland shrubs and secondary forest under-storey foliage.
BiologyStrigoplus is a predator of large polyrhachid ants.

Taxonomy

Taxonomic references*

  1. Strigoplus albostriatus (Original description ♂♀)

    Simon, 1886c Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale: 446

  2. Peltorhynchus rostratus (Original description ♂)

    Workman & Workman, 1892 Malaysian spiders: 3, pl. 3 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972

  3. Peltorhynchus rostratus (Original description ♀)

    Thorell, 1892a Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani: 114

  4. Strigoplus albostriatus

    Simon, 1895a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier: 967, f doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973

  5. Strigoplus albostriatus (♀)

    Badcock, 1918 Ant-like spiders from Malaya collected by the Annandale-Robinson Expedition 1901-02: 280, f. 1 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1917.tb02070.x

  6. Strigoplus albostriatus (year of description corrected)

    Frétey, 2023 The publication dates of the printed issues of the Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France (1876–2015): 126 doi:10.11646/bionomina.33.1.1

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Strigoplus albostriatus Simon, 1885

Singapore, Malaysia (Selangor, Penang), Indonesia (Java, Riau Islands), Brunei, Myanmar.

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