T-motif Comb-footed Spider
The female is similar to but smaller than Nihonhimea mundula and has on the posterior abdomen a white motif shaped like the letter T. In some individuals the T may appear inverted.
The male is significantly smaller and has a distinctly protruding ocular area above a flat and high clypeus. Legs I are disproportionately long and robust. Straddling the abdomen is a π shaped motif in white (also on the female), but (unlike the female) there is no T marking. The giant palps are easily seen from above. In lateral view its large and backward pointing embolic parts look like scimitars.
| Length | ♀ 3 mm; ♂ 1–2 mm |
| Type Locality | Tharrawaddy, Myanmar |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Pahang), Myanmar. |
| Habitat | Foliage in the understorey of primary and secondary forests as well as wooded areas. |
| Biology | The female builds a three-dimensional web and hides in a twisted leaf shelter suspended within or near the upper one-third of the structure. The web is somewhat similar to that constructed by N. mundula, but it has a flat and meshed base. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Theridion T-notatum (Original description ♀)
Thorell, 1895b Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum: 97 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492
Theridion T-notatum (♀; N.B.: considered a member of Achaearanea by Norma-Rashid & Li, 2009: 321)
Workman, 1896 Malaysian spiders: 65, pl. 65 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Pahang), Myanmar.