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Salticidae Thorelliola

Thorelliola ensifera (Thorell, 1877)

Rhino Garden Jumper

The clypeus of the male is armed with a pair of closely held horns. The female has wavy patterns on the abdomen.

Length♀ 4–5 mm; ♂ 3–4 mm
DistributionWidespread, including Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah), Indonesia (Sulawesi), Brunei.
HabitatFoliage, occasionally on tree trunks in gardens and wooded areas, sometimes indoors.

Taxonomy

Taxonomic references*

  1. Plexippus ensifer (Original description ♂)

    Thorell, 1877b Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani: 606

  2. Plexippus ensifer (Original description ♀)

    Thorell, 1878b Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani: 257

  3. Thorellia ensifer (♂♀)

    Keyserling, 1882 Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 29-30]: 1353, pl. 115, f. 1-2 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660

  4. Hasarius ensifer

    Thorell, 1892a Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani: 430

  5. Thorellia ensifera (♂)

    Simon, 1903a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 767, f. 911-914 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973

  6. Thorellia ensifera (♂)

    Merian, 1911 Die Spinnenfauna von Celebes: 318, f. Y1

  7. Thorellia ensifera (♂)

    Berland, 1935 Nouvelles araignées marquisiennes: 46, f. 6-7

  8. Thorelliola ensifera (generic replacement name)

    Strand, 1942 Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica: 400

  9. Thorellia ensifer (♀)

    Nakatsudi, 1943a Some Arachnida from Micronesia: 168, f. 16, pl. XXIV, f. 1

  10. Thorelliola ensifera (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 148

  11. Thorellia ensifera

    Wanless & Lubin, 1986 Diolenius minotaurus sp: 1211, f doi:10.1080/00222938600770801

  12. Thorelliola ensifera (♂)

    Żabka, 1988 Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III: 470, f. 134-136

  13. Thorelliola ensifera (♂♀)

    Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 Salticidae of the Pacific Islands: 131, f. 81-85

  14. Thorelliola ensifera (♂♀)

    Gardzińska & Patoleta, 1997 Notes on the genus Thorelliola Strand, 1942 (Araneae: Salticidae): 214, f. 1A-J, 2A-K, 3A-F

  15. Thorelliola ensifera (♂)

    Szűts, 2002a Description of a new horned jumping spider species Thorelliola mahunkai (Araneae: Salticidae) from New Guinea: 21, f. 10, 12

  16. Thorelliola ensifera (♂♀)

    Zhang & Maddison, 2015 Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny: 87, f. 622-629, 896-897 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1

  17. Thorelliola (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 80, f. 34K doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1

  18. Thorelliola ensifera (♀)

    Tam et al., 2023 First record for the jumping spider Thorelliola ensifera in Vietnam (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Australphryni): 1, f. 2-6

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Thorelliola ensifera (Thorell, 1877)

Widespread, including Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah), Indonesia (Sulawesi), Brunei.

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