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Nephilengys malabarensis

Nephilengys malabarensis is an nephilid spider.[1]

Females reach a body length of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). The legs and palp are annulated yellow and black. Male body size less than 5 millimetres (0.20 in), with mostly grey-black legs.[2]

N. malabarensis is being preyed upon by the spider-eating jumping spider Portia.[2]

Name

The species name malabarensis refers to the Malabar coast of southern India, where it was first found.

Distribution

N. malabarensis occurs in South, South-East and East Asia from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, north to Yunnan, China, north-east to Saga and Kompira, Japan and east to Ambon Island of Indonesia. It is common at human dwellings and less common in rainforest. The Niah population inhabits cave entrances.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  2. ^ a b c Matjaž Kuntner (2007). "A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae)". Systematic Entomology. 32 (1): 95–135. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00348.x. S2CID 84146620.

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