| Thelcticopis | |
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| Male Thelcticopis severa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Themeropis severa L. Koch, 1875 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
| Diversity | |
| 51 species | |
Thelcticopis is a genus of huntsman spiders that occurs almost exclusively in the area India to Japan to New Guinea and Fiji. However, one species ( T. pestai ) occurs in Costa Rica, and another ( T. humilithorax ) in Congo Basin, although the latter species is probably misplaced in this genus. [1]
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This genus is distinguished by the abdomen narrowing behind and ending in terminal spinnerets which are borne on a tubular stalk separated at the base by a membranous ring. They are often brownish-red, the abdomen is either of uniform color or shows paired spots. However, some species are black, yellow or green. [2]
