Pandercetes
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Pandercetes
| image = Bark_spider.jpg
| image_caption = Pandercetes cf. celatus from the Western Ghats showing typical cryptic patterning
| authority = L. Koch, 1875
| type_species = P. gracilis
| type_species_authority = L. Koch, 1875
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 16, see text
}}
Pandercetes is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in his 1875 treatise on Australian spiders.{{cite book| last=Koch| first=L.| year=1875| title=Die Arachniden Australiens| publisher=Nürnberg 1| pages=577–740| author-link=Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch}} They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia, and are known for their cryptic coloration that matches local moss and lichen. Their legs have lateral hairs, giving them a feathery appearance, further masking their outline against tree trunks. Their head is somewhat elevated and the carapace has the thoracic region low and flat.{{cite book| title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida| author=Pocock, R.I.| year=1909| publisher= Taylor and Francis| place=London|pages=259–265| url=https://archive.org/stream/arachnida00poco#page/264/mode/2up}}
The genus is characterized by the internal anatomy of the reproductive structures. Males have irregular coils at the terminal end, while females have screw like copulatory ducts.{{cite journal |url= http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/arachnologie/heteropodinae_jaeger_2002.pdf |title= Heteropodinae: Transfers and Synonymies (Arachnida: Araneae : Sparassidae)| author= Jäger, Peter| journal =Acta Arachnologica| volume=51| issue=1| pages=33–61 |year=2002|doi= 10.2476/asjaa.51.33}}
Species
{{as of|2019|10}} it contains sixteen species and one subspecies, found in tropical forests in Asia, extending east to Australia:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Pandercetes L. Koch, 1875| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-11-13| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3138| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Pandercetes celatus Pocock, 1899 – India
- Pandercetes celebensis Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Pandercetes c. vulcanicola Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Pandercetes decipiens Pocock, 1899 – India, Sri Lanka
- Pandercetes gracilis L. Koch, 1875 (type) – Indonesia (Moluccas, Sulawesi), New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
- Pandercetes isopus Thorell, 1881 – Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea
- Pandercetes longipes Thorell, 1881 – Papua New Guinea (Yule Is.)
- Pandercetes macilentus Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
- Pandercetes malleator Thorell, 1890 – Malaysia, Indonesia (Aru Is.)
- Pandercetes manoius Roewer, 1938 – New Guinea
- Pandercetes niger Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Pandercetes nigrogularis (Simon, 1897) – Indonesia (Java)
- Pandercetes ochreus Hogg, 1922 – Vietnam
- Pandercetes palliventris Strand, 1911 – New Guinea
- Pandercetes peronianus (Walckenaer, 1837) – New Zealand
- Pandercetes plumipes (Doleschall, 1859) – Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Ambon), New Guinea
- Pandercetes plumosus Pocock, 1899 – Papua New Guinea (New Britain)
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Pandercetes}}
- [https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f4af45ff-328f-4821-ae39-0ca50a49882a Atlas of Living Australia]
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