Spotted Ant-eater
The name "maculosa" means "spotted" or "mottled" in Latin, and refers to the many pale yellowish spots on the dorsum of the male. With the exception of these spots, the abdomen of the male and female is black. The carapace in Yaginumena is glossy black and normal in shape, unlike the related Phycosoma whose highly modified (box-like) cephalothorax is typically translucent with a black pattern.
| Length | ♀ 2 mm; ♂ <2 mm |
| Type Locality | Tamanoshi, Okayama, Japan |
| Distribution | Widespread, including Singapore, China, India, Japan. |
| Habitat | Low foliage. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Dipoena maculosa (Original description ♂)
Yoshida & Ono, 2000 Spiders of the genus Dipoena (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Japan: 147, f. 37-39
Yaginumena maculosa (♂, Transferred from Dipoena)
Yoshida, 2002a A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Hadrotarsinae (Araneae: Theridiidae): 13, f. 2 doi:10.2476/asjaa.51.7
Yaginumena maculosa (♂; lapsus Y. maculata in legend)
Yoshida, 2003a The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan: 169, f. 462-465, 593
Yaginumena maculosa (♂, D♀)
Marusik et al., 2005 A new case of Caucasus-Far East disjunctive range in spiders (Araneae): 125, f. 1-12 doi:10.2476/asjaa.53.125
Yaginumena maculosa (♂♀)
Yoshida, 2009b Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae: 389, f. 324-325
Yaginumena maculosa (♀)
Marusik & Kunt, 2010a Spiders (Araneae) new to the fauna of Turkey: 6, f. 3, 11
Yaginumena maculosa (♂♀)
Kovblyuk, Marusik & Omelko, 2012 A survey of Transcaucasian Dipoena sensu lato (Aranei: Theridiidae) with a description of new species: 252, f. 39-42 doi:10.15298/arthsel.21.3.07
Yaginumena maculosa (♂)
Rajoria, 2015b Newly recorded genera Yaginumena (Aranae [sic]: Theridiidae) from India, with description of Yaginumena maculosa (Yoshida & Ono, 2000): 56, f. A-G
Yaginumena maculosa (♂)
Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2015b Two newly recorded species of the spider families Theridiidae and Clubionidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea: 318, f. 1A-G doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.10.001
Yaginumena maculosa (♂)
Komei, 2020b [Spiders collected in Amami Oshima]: 59, f. 1-3
Yaginumena maculosa (♂)
Kim, 2021 Spiders V: 169, f. 74A-F
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Widespread, including Singapore, China, India, Japan.