Borboropactus sp SUNGAI TAWAU婆羅洲泥蟹蛛

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Spiders of Borneo > Family Thomisidae 蟹蛛科 > Borboropactus sp SUNGAI TAWAU婆羅洲泥蟹蛛

Borboropactus sp SUNGAI TAWAU
婆羅洲泥蟹蛛

Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Borboropactus
Borboropactus sp SUNGAI TAWAU
婆羅洲泥蟹蛛
A new record for Borneo
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Species in the genus Borboropactus Simon, 1884 are digging spiders, usually living in leaf litter, woody debris, tree bark, or on the forest ground, in a wide range of habitats, including tropical forests, subtropical forests, temperate forests, and early Tertiary Baltic amber

This genus of spiders can be easily recognized by their body with adhered soil particles, numerous club-shaped hairs (棍狀毛) and powerful and long leg I.

Abdomen with club-shaped hairs (棍狀毛)

Eyes arrangement of Borboropactus sp SUNGAI TAWAU
婆羅洲泥蟹蛛

club-shaped hairs (棍狀毛)

Powerful and long leg I.

Body with adhered soil particles

UGLY SPIDERS YOU NEVER THOUGHT EXISTING

Most of the unattractive spiders came from the Family Thomisidae.
Ground spiders too are not beautiful spiders, because being living on earthly ground, these species of spiders have to Camouflage
with the earth. On the other side, Web spiders are the most colorful spiders species.