Phang Nga Workman’s Spider
The formal description of this species, based on specimens collected from Phang Nga in Thailand, indicates that the abdomen of both males and females is marked by several pairs of pale kidney-shaped blotches. However, the abdomen of female specimens collected in Singapore is uniformly coloured, without any pale dorsal spots, even though they show the identical copulatory structure as depicted for W. botuliformis. Whether the abdomen of the males in Singapore also shows such colour variation cannot be ascertained until a male specimen fitting the description of W. botuliformis is collected.
| Length | ♀ 6–7 mm; ♂ 5–7 mm |
| Type Locality | Phang Nga, Thailand |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Johor, Perak), Thailand (Phang Nga). |
| Habitat | Leaf litter in forests. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Workmania botuliformis (Original description ♂♀)
Dankittipakul, Jocqué & Singtripop, 2012b Systematics and biogeography of the spider genus Mallinella Strand, 1906, with descriptions of new species and new genera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Zodariidae): 311, f. 1383-1384, 1387-1390, 1392-1397, 1400-1405 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Johor, Perak), Thailand (Phang Nga).