Thalassius albocinctus
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Thalassius albocinctus, commonly called the fishing spider, is a species of spider found in tropical Asia
from India to the Philippines. 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 egg case in one piece and carry it under their body with their chelicerae
. This differs from similar looking female Lycosids
which construct their egg case in two pieces and fasten it behind them with their spinnerets.
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
from India to the Philippines. It is named after its habit of catching small fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
. 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
Cephalothorax
The cephalothorax is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. The word cephalothorax is derived from the Greek words for head and thorax...
and abdomen. The legs are long and yellowish brown. It is usually found near water.
Female Pisaurids create their egg case in one piece and carry it under their body with their chelicerae
Chelicerae
The chelicerae are mouthparts of the Chelicerata, an arthropod subphylum that includes arachnids, Merostomata , and Pycnogonida . Chelicerae are pointed appendages which are used to grasp food, and are found in place of the chewing mandibles most other arthropods have...
. This differs from similar looking female Lycosids
Lycosoidea
The Lycosoidea are a superfamily of araneomorph eight-eyed spiders, with twelve families:* Ctenidae* Lycosidae* Neolanidae* Oxyopidae* Pisauridae* Psechridae* Senoculidae* Stiphidiidae* Trechaleidae* Zoridae* Zorocratidae* Zoropsidae...
which construct their egg case in two pieces and fasten it behind them with their spinnerets.