Thelcticopis hercules

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sparassoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Sparassoidea

Familia: Sparassidae
Subfamilia: Sparianthinae
Genus: Thelcticopis
Species: Thelcticopis hercules

Name

Thelcticopis hercules Pocock, 1901: 487

Type locality: SRI LANKA: Kandy: Ceylon, Peradenia (=Peradeniya): Royal Botanic Gardens [ca. 07°16’N, 80°35’E; 495 m a.s.l.].

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. date unknown. legit Freeman. NHMUK 1899.12.11.31.

References

Primary references

• Pocock, R.I. 1901d. Descriptions of some new species of spiders from British India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13: 478-498. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sankaran, P.M., Sherwood, D. & Jäger, P. 2024. On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 5463(3): 301–338. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1. . Reference page.