Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guerin , 1838

Macharoenboon, Kongkit, Siriwut, Warut & Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai, 2021, A review of the taxonomy of spiny-backed orb-weaving spiders of the subfamily Gasteracanthinae (Araneae, Araneidae) in Thailand, ZooKeys 1032, pp. 17-62 : 17

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1032.62001

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scientific name

Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guerin , 1838
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Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guerin, 1838

Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838: 53. Type locality: Waigiou [Waigeo Island].

Gasteracantha rubrospinis Full list of synonyms and usage of the name available in World Spider Catalog (2020).

Remarks.

The abdomen of Gasteracantha rubrospinis is wider than long. This species can be distinguished from other Thai Gasteracantha by characteristics of their spines and the color pattern on the dorsal abdomen. The abdomen is bright yellow, with a large and incomplete horizontal black transverse band near the anterior edge. The abdominal spines are wider at the base, tapered toward the tip, and ending with a sharp point ( Guérin 1838; Simon 1877; Pocock 1897). The reported specimens of G. rubrospinis from Thailand belong to Pocock’s collection ( Pocock 1897). The locality was listed as “Patani” [= Pattani Province], the southernmost province of Thailand. No specimens were obtained in this study.

Distribution and habitat.

Indonesia (Moluccas, Sulawesi, Lombok), New Caledonia, Guam, Thailand (Pattani Province) ( Pocock 1897; World Spider Catalog 2020).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Genus

Gasteracantha

Loc

Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guerin , 1838

Macharoenboon, Kongkit, Siriwut, Warut & Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai 2021
2021
Loc

Gasteracantha rubrospinis

Guerin 1838
1838
Loc

Gasteracantha rubrospinis

Guerin 1838
1838