Nilus albocinctus
| Fishing spider | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Nilus |
| Species: | N. albocinctus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nilus albocinctus (Doleschall, 1859)[1]
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Nilus albocinctus, synonym Thalassius albocinctus, commonly called the fishing spider, is a species of spider found in tropical Asia from India[2] to the Philippines.[1] It is named after its habit of catching small fish. The spider is striking in appearance and can be easily recognised by the presence of a black, glossy, broad median band bordered by a white lateral band on the cephalothorax and abdomen. The legs are long and yellowish brown. It is usually found near water.
Female pisaurids create their
spinnerets.[3]
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Taxon details Nilus albocinctus (Doleschall, 1859)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-09-14
- ^ Sunil et al. 2003
- ^ Sherriffs 1938
References
- SHERRIFFS, W. RAE, (1938) HONG KONG SPIDERS. PART IV The Hong Kong Naturalist Hong Kong Spiders
- Sunil Jose K., Sebastian, Samson Davis A. and P. Verghese (2003). First record of Thalassius albocinctus (Doleschall) (Araneae : Pisauridae) from India. Entomon 28(4): 309-314.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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