@KalaKemangga @inaturalist @WSC_NMBE Yes. Btw, the only known Sri Lankan Peng species [originally described as Sphecotypus taprobanicus Simon, 1897] was re-described by Takeshi Yamasaki & Christine Rollard last year (https://t.co/tqrxzvR6GA). Hope keen-eyed spider iNatters in
On three new synonyms of Oxyopes hindostanicus Pocock 1901 (Araneae: Oxyopidae) by John T D Caleb & Dilrukshan P Wijesinghe, 2022. Acta Arachnologica 71(1): 13-20. Via @jstage_ej
https://t.co/r9gX0ocj6I
We don't know the real diversity of even "familiar" spiders. The "familiar" Kidney Garden Spider of Asia represents several different taxa (Clade B, Tanikawa et al Fig. 1). Photo of spider from Sri Lanka by @SaluniG . A cautionary tale for photo based IDs!
https://t.co/gCTGK5Uut8 https://t.co/QbSlVMeY5g
John Caleb & Rajesh Sanap's redescription of Stenaelurillus lesserti (https://t.co/PqA32mIq10) incl photos of live specimens made it possible for Nuwan Chathuranga to ID the species in an @inaturalist observation by Srinath Dissanayake from Sri Lanka. https://t.co/morAx6muFW
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857). The 3rd species of Cyrtophora I am personally familiar with from Sri Lanka, the other two being Cyrtophora cicatrosa & Cyrtophora citricola. Kanneliya Forest, Galle District, Sri Lanka. 13-26 September 1985. See: https://t.co/9QxI44ICmt https://t.co/ndWn72Ewde
Our new paper is out in Acta Arachnologica!
We revised Japanese spiders of the genus Theridiosoma (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) and described four new species!
https://t.co/24NtKha4nA https://t.co/nYJ1tmPnv3