Mottled Horse-shoe Huntsman
This is one of the smallest Heteropoda species in Singapore, within the size range of Heteropoda sp. C and Heteropoda sp. J (below). Like the latter, the carapace is marked with a horseshoe motif. However, it differs from Heteropoda sp. J by having a mottled abdominal pattern. It is known only from a photographic record; whether it is a distinct species or merely a different colour morph of Heteropoda sp. J below can be verified only when a specimen is available.
| Length | ♀ 5–7 mm; ♂ unknown |
| Distribution | Singapore. |
| Habitat | Leaf litter in young secondary forest. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland; ♂ (ARTO-0028902) (Grall & Jäger, 2022)
Paratype
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland; 2♀ (ARTO 28903-28905) (Grall & Jäger, 2022)
Paratype
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany; 1♂ 1♀ (71683-71684) (Grall & Jäger, 2022)
Tiomaniella ladam (Original description ♂♀)
Grall & Jäger, 2022 Four new genera of Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873 from Malaysia, Brunei and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Sparassidae): 16, f. 66-81, 94-97 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.1
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore.