Male of Phrynarachne ceylonica 錫蘭瘤蟹蛛

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 October, 2020 03:22:54 PM

Spiders of Borneo > Family Thomisidae 蟹蛛科 > Genus Phrynarachne 瘤蟹蛛屬 > Phrynarachne ceylonica 錫蘭瘤蟹蛛 > The Male

Phrynarachne ceylonica 錫蘭瘤蟹蛛
♂ 2.5mm
♀10.5mm
MEROTAI 1-10-2014 WED 3:57PM

Male of Phrynarachne ceylonica
錫蘭瘤蟹蛛

This matured male Phrynarachne sp MEROTAI is only 2.5mm in body length.
The front leg is 5mm in length. When strech out into a straight line, from tip of one leg to the othe tip can reach a span of 11mm.
Compare with the female, this male is only a tiny dot. The female is 10mm in body length, a 4 times of this male body length.

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