Pandava laminata

Padava laminata is a species of araneomorph spider in the family Titanoecidae. It is widely distributed from East Africa through China to New Guinea and the Marquesas Islands.

Pandava laminata
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Titanoecidae
Genus: Pandava
Species:
P. laminata
Binomial name
Pandava laminata
(Thorell, 1878)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Amaurobius laminatus Thorell, 1878
  • Amaurobius castaneiceps Simon, 1893
  • Titanoeca birmanica Thorell, 1895
  • Amaurobius taprobanicola Strand, 1907
  • Amaurobius chinesicus Strand, 1907
  • Titanoeca fulmeki Reimoser, 1927
  • Syrorisa mumfordi Berland, 1933

Description

Pandava laminata has a brownish body and legs with a much paler abdomen and darker brown chelicerae (fangs). Males have more varied colouring than females, with darker brown around the head area and yellowish brown on the sternum as well as on the second to fourth pairs of legs. Females range from about 6–8 mm in total body length, males being slightly smaller at about 5.5–6 mm. Like all titanoecids, males have a complex projection (apophysis) on the tibia of their palps, with three main parts (lobes). In Pandava laminata males the lobe closest to the spider's mouth (the prolateral lobe) is undivided and short. The female epigyne is semi-circular; the anterior rims are longer than their distance apart.[2]

Distribution

Padava laminata is native to Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Sri Lanka through China to New Guinea and the Marquesas Islands. It has been introduced to Germany and Hungary.[1] In Germany it was discovered for the first time at Cologne Zoo. The species was most likely introduced with plants or cargo from Southeast Asia.[3]

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References
  1. "Taxon details Pandava laminata (Thorell, 1878)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-01-13
  2. Almeida-Silva, L.M.; Griswold, C.E. & Brescovit, A.D. (2010), "Revision of the Asian spider genus Pandava Lehtinen (Araneae: Titanoecidae): description of five new species and first record of Titanoecidae from Africa", Zootaxa, 2630: 30–56, retrieved 2016-01-13
  3. Jäger, Peter (2008), "Pandava laminata, eine weitere nach Deutschland importierte Spinnenart (Araneae: Titanoecidae)" (PDF), Arachnol. Mitt. (in German), 36: 4–8, retrieved 2016-01-14
  • Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Gloor, Daniel; Hänggi, Ambros & Kropf, Christian (eds.), "Pandava laminata (Thorell, 1878)", araneae Spiders of Europe, Universität Bern, retrieved 2016-01-14
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