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The Five Arachnid families  >  Spiders of Borneo  >  Part 7 - All other minority spider families

Family Agelenidae 草蛛科

Family Linyphiidae (Hammock-Web Spiders)

Family Mysmenidae

Family Nephilidae (Orb-web Spiders)

Family Oecobiidae

FAMILY PHOLCIDAE

Psechridae

Family Uloboridae 嫵蛛科

Family Atypidae

Family Clubionidae (Sac Spiders)

Family Corinnidae (Sac Spiders Long Legs)

Family Ctenidae 櫛足蛛科/絞蛛科

Family Filistatidae (Crevice Weavers)

Family Gnaphosidae

Family Hersiliidae (Tree Spiders)

Family Sparassidae

Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)狼蛛科

Family Miturgidae

Family Oxyopidae 貓蛛科

Family Philodromidae - Running Crab Spiders

Family Pisauridae 盜蛛科/跑蛛科

Family Scytodidae

Family: Theraphosidae

FAMILY ZODARIIDAE

Family Salticidae - Jumping Spiders,
Family Araneidae - Orb Web Spiders,
Family Thomisidae - Crab Spiders,
Family Theridiidae - Tangle web spider,
Family Tetragnathidae - Big-jawed Spiders,
Family Sparassidae - Huntsman Spiders

PHOTO GUIDE TO
Spiders of Borneo
婆羅洲蜘蛛圖鑑

RECENT SPIDER RECORDS IN BORNEO

New records of spider species from Borneo Island

Borneo Island has a long history of physical connectivity as part of the larger landmass known as the Sundaland (Java, Sumatra and peninsular Malaysia). Then Borneo isolate from this landmass 30,000 years ago. This long period allowed time for new species to evolve.

Borneo Island is acknowledged to be among the most well-preserved rainforest in the region.
The great majority of descriptions of spiders from South-eastern Asia were realised before 1900 and as usual in those days consisted of texts written in Latin.

Tamerlan Thorell devoted more than 25 years of his life to describing new spider species from the Malaysian region of the 19th century. Specimens studied by him were collected mainly during special discovery expeditions to the mysterious, unexplored regions of the Oriental tropics.

Thorell was a man of great expertise and reputation and laid the foundation for the taxonomy of spiders of South-eastern Asia. Unfortunately, he did not have an illustrator and none of his works were illustrated – and the great majority of his species still have not been illustrated till today. On the other hand, nearly all his type material has been very well preserved, predominantly in the museum in Genoa. This museum always has been very conservative in curating the collections. All material studied by Thorell still is in the original bocals. These are often huge, each containing the complete material of one publication, most often consisting of several hundreds of species of many different families together, and accompanied by the original handwritten labels of Thorell. These bocals are sealed with wax, and only very few staff members are authorised to open them. Removing and putting back the glass plates that serve as lid is an elaborate process demanding time and expertise. This system is not helpful to specialists who need to see more than a few specimens of the family they are working on!

Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold
www.repository.naturalis.nl

Family Linyphiidae Genus Neriene 蓋蛛屬 Family Linyphiidae Neriene macella 本溪蓋蛛 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 331 Male ♂ 6mm  2018-12-03 Mountain Rest House Female ♀ 5.5mm 2018-12-03 Mountain Rest House

Family Uloboridae嫵蛛科 Genus Miagrammopes 長嫵蛛屬 Miagrammopes paraorientalis 擬東方長嫵蛛 Female ♀5mm 2018-12-03 PORING LODGE 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 897

Family Ctenizidae Family Barychelidae 婆羅洲新地蛛科   Family Ctenizidae Family Barychelidae 婆羅洲地蛛新科 Genus Rhianodes 婆羅洲新地蛛新屬 This family is not found in China Rhianodes atratus ♀9mm 2017-07-16 PHOTO SESSION

Family Nephilidae 絡新婦科 The largest spider in Borneo Nephila pilipes came from this family   Family Nephilidae絡新婦科 Genus Nephila絡新婦屬 This genus has only one species found in Sabah Family Nephilidae絡新婦科 Nephila pilipes斑絡新婦 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 479-483 Nephila pilipes Golden Web Spider 斑絡新婦 Juvenile Female ♀ 2009-07-19 BUKIT GEMOK Male ♂ 2013-01-24 TENGKORAK   Family Nephilidae Genus Nephilengys Nephilengys malabarensis Female 13mm 2015-06-07 NIAH CAVE Female Juvenile 2009-07-09 PUI YUK SCH Nephilengys malabarensis Male ♂ 2.5mm 2015-09-05 BOMBALAI     Family Nephilidae Genus Herennia Herennia multipuncta Female ♀ 2009-11-09 THP Male unknown

Family Uloboridae 嫵蛛科 Spiders with cribellum and calamistrum. Uloboridae is non-venomous spiders, known as cribellate orb weavers or hackled orb weavers. Family Uloboridae嫵蛛科 Genus Uloborus 嫵蛛屬 Uloborus plumipes 亜洲嫵蛛之一 Female ♀4mm 2020-09-04 FRI Kolej Enam 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 896-907   Family Uloboridae Genus Philoponella Philoponella raffrayi ♀6mm 2017-05-31 UMS ♂3mm 2017-05-31 UMS New record for Borneo Philoponella sp BUKIT GEMOK Female 2009-07-06 BUKIT GEMOK Philoponella quadrituberculata Female 2mm 14-8-2015 BOMBALAI Male 2mm- 2009-07-09 PUI YUK Family Uloboridae Genus Zosis Zosis geniculata/Zosis geniculatus 22-11-2014 WOODWORKING

Family Pholcidae 幽靈蛛科 Genus Pholcus 幽靈蛛屬 Pholcus sp TINAGAT 幽靈蛛婆羅洲新種 Male 4mm 7-8-2015 TINAGAT Female 5mm 23-8-2009 ABACA Female 4mm+- 6-8-2015 TINAGAT Female ♀5mm Female spider carrying egg sacts 2020-09-12 TINAGAT BEACH Pholcus sp ABACA Female 4mm 11-10-2009 ABACA Pholcus sp GEMOK ♀3.5mm 2017-07-29 BUKIT GEMOK

Family Theraphosidae   Hairy Mygalomorph Spiders, the Tarantulas, sizes range from as small as a fingernail to as large as a dinner plate when the legs are fully extended. Family Theraphosidae Genus Phlogiellus 焰美蛛屬 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 757-760 Phlogiellus sp MALIAU Female ♀8mm not including spinnerate 2015-08-17 MALIAU RIVER Phlogiellus sp ABACA MALE 27mm 11-9-2010 GOMANDONG FEMALE 11mm 13-9-2009 ESPLANADE Phlogiellus sp RDC Female  14 mm 30-5-2013 3:49PM RDC

Family Oxyopidae貓蛛科 Most Lynx Spiders species spend their lives as hunting spiders on plants. Frequent on flowers in ambushing pollinators. Family Oxyopidae Genus Oxyopes 貓蛛屬   Oxyopes sp BUFFERZONE 貓蛛屬婆羅洲新種 Male ♂8.5mm 2020-09-06 BUFFER ZONE New record for Borneo.   Oxyopes sp BOMBALAI Female 3mm 2009-08-23 BOMBALAI HILL Family: Oxyopidae Oxyopes sp SG TAWAU Female 2008-10-01 SUNGAI TAWAU Oxyopes sp GUDANG EMPAT Female 10mm Male 5.5mm Oxyopes lineatipes Female Male Male 6.5mm 2014-06-12 PRAWN FARM   Family: Oxyopidae Oxyopes sp PAPAYA Female 9.5mm Location : SUNGAI TAWAU 21-9-2014 Family Oxyopidae貓蛛科 Genus Hamataliwa哈貓蛛屬 Hamataliwa sp DYNAWOOD 哈貓蛛屬婆羅洲新種 Female 5mm 2015-04-12 DYNAWOOD, SARAWAK Hamataliwa sp BOMBALAI Female. Male unknown 2014-06-22 BOMBALAI HILL Hamataliwa incompta Female. Male unknown 2015-07-29 MALIAU RIVER Hamataliwa sp MEROTAI Female. Male unknown 2012-12-07 MEROTAI Hamataliwa sp TINAGAT Female. Male unknown 6-8-2015 TINAGAT Family Oxyopidae Genus Hamadruas Hamadruas sp MALIAU Female ♀ 2015-08-03 MALIAU RIVER

Family  Gnaphosidae 平腹蛛科 Most ground spiders are characterized by having barrel-shaped anterior spinnerets that are one spinneret diameter apart. Exception to ant-mimicking genus Micaria. Family Gnaphosidae Genua Drassodes Drassodes sp SEMARAK Female ♀ 6mm 2019-12-07 SEMARAK (First Record for Borneo)   Family Gnaphosidae Genua Micaria Micaria sp MEROTAI Male 2.5mm Location : MEROTAI 12-2-2015   Family Gnaphosidae NEW GENUS 平腹蛛新屬 New Species : EDA sp EDA Female     Unusual long legs Location : EDA LOGYARD 18-11-2014 Family Gnaphosidae Genus Hitobia Hitobia sp ESPLANADE Female 5.5mm Location : RIVER ESPLANADE 16-11-2014 Hitobia sp SG TAWAU Male 4.5MM Location : SUNGAI TAWAU 16-8-2009 Hitobia sp EDA Female 3.5mm Location : EDA LOGYARD 9-7-2014

Family Hersiliidae 長紡蛛科 Two-Tailed Spiders or tree trunk spiders have two very prominent spinnerets almost as long as their abdomen. So known as "two-tailed spiders". Family Hersiliidae長紡蛛科 Genus Hersilia長紡蛛屬 Hersilia deelemanae 長紡蛛婆羅洲種 Female 6.5mm ESPLANATE 23-12-2014 Common Two-Tailed Spider (Hersilia sp. GEMOK)   The Family Hersiliidae are Tree Trunk Spiders. These spiders have two very prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen. So sometimes known as "two-tailed spiders." More Tree Spiders in Family Hersiliidae

Family Lycosidae 狼蛛科 Wolf Spiders are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly solitary and hunt alone. Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short distances. Family Lycosidae 狼蛛科 Genus Hippasa馬蛛屬 Hippasa holmerae 猴馬蛛 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 377 Family Lycosidae 狼蛛科 Genus Pardosa 豹蛛屬 Pardosa astrigera 星豹蛛 ♀ 2009-09-06 BOMBALAI Pardosa sp MEROTAI XL New recorded species in 2014 豹蛛新種於婆羅洲島 Slow moving wolf spiders 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 345 - 451   Pardosa sp POLUMPUNG 豹蛛新種於婆羅洲島 ♀10mm 2018-11-28 Polumpung Melangkap View Camp Site 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 345 - 451 Pardosa sp SEMARAK 豹蛛新種於婆羅洲島 Female ♀5mm 2018-08-14 SEMARAK 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 396 Pardosa birmanica Male and Female Pardosa pseudoannulata Pardosa pusiola Male and Female Genus Pardosa unidentified Male from MEROTAI

Family Clubionidae管巢蛛科 Sac Spiders Short Legs The sac spiders' eight eyes are arranged in two rows. Identify by conical anterior spinnerets that touched. They are wandering predators that built silken retreats, or sacs, usually on plant terminals, between leaves, under bark or under rocks.  Family Clubionidae管巢蛛科 Genus Malamatidia Malamatidia bohorokensis Female ♀ 2016-02-09 VOCATIONAL COLLEGE Family Clubionidae Genus Cheiracanthium Cheiracanthium sp MEROTAI Female. Male unknown Cheiracanthium sp COMPLEX Female 14mm TAWAU SPORT COMPLEX 22-8-2014 Family Clubionidae Genus Pristidia Pristidia longistila Male 9 January 2012 Batu Lintang, Sarawak More about The Spiders of Sarawak Family Clubionidae Genus Nusatidia Nusatidia borneensis  Male and Female Family Clubionidae Genus NEW GENUS NEW GENUS sp BUKIT GELAS Female 2016-02-10 BUKIT GELAS

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Family Scytodidae Spitting Spiders catch their prey by spitting a fluid that congeals on contact into a venomous and sticky mass. Genus Scytodes Scytodes fusca Female ♀5mm  23-8-2009 ABACA Male ♂5mm 30-8-2009 ABACA

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Family Oecobiidae The legs are unusually evenly placed around the prosoma. Oecobiidae build small, temporary star-shaped webs on or under rocks, or on walls or gravel. They hide near or below such webs and prey largely on ants. Family Oecobiidae Genus Oecobius Oecobius narvus Female ♀ 2015-09-16 PU ZHAO TEMPLE

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Family Mimetidae   Family Mimetidae Genus Mimetus Mimetus sp LUCIA ♀3mm ♂3mm 2017-01-23 MT LUCIA

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Family Psechridae Male spiders all have a Retrolateral Tibial Apophysis on the male pedipalp. Family Psechridae Genus  Fecenia Fecenia sp MATANG ♀12mm 2017-04-09 MATANG WILDLIFE CENTER   Family Psechridae Genus Psechrus Psechrus borneo Male 15mm 17-4-2015 Kanowit, Prayer Mountain Female 9mm 2-6-2015 Ng Tau, Sarawak

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Family Zodariidae Ant spiders are small to medium-sized eight-eyed ground spiders found world-wide in tropical to warm temperate regions. Family Zodariidae Genus Asceua Asceua sp MALIAU Female ♀2.5mm 2015-07-27 MALIAU RIVER Family Zodariidae Genus Mallinella Mallinella BCCM Male

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Family Pisauridae 盜蛛科 Nursery Web Spiders that live near water. Nursery web spiders resemble wolf spiders (family Lycosidae), but they carry their egg sacs by means of their jaws and pedipalps (instead of attaching them to their spinnerets). Family Pisauridae Genus Hygropoda Hygropoda sp TABLE ♂23mm 22-5-2011 TABLE Hygropoda sp TAWAU Male 5.5mm 2009-11-01 Tawau Hill Park Female ♀ 8mm 2016-02-10 Bukit Gelas Waterfall Hygropoda sp BOMBALAI Unnamed species first record in Borneo found in 2014 ♀6mm 22-06-2014 BOMBALAI Family Pisauridae Genus Dendrolycosa 樹盜蛛屬   Dendrolycosa icadia 婆羅洲樹盜蛛 Male ♂ 7mm 5-8-2015 TINAGAT BEACH Female ♀14mm 2017-04-14 NIAH CAVE, SARAWAK Family Pisauridae Genus Sphedanus Sphedanus sp TABLE Female Consuming an insect in its mouth 13-7-2015 TAB Family Pisauridae Genus Nilus Nilus albocinctus Female 13mm 14-7-2015 TBL

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Family Agelenidae Family Agelenidae Genus Coelotes Coelotes sinuolatus ♂ 2015-10-13 TAWAU 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 31

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Family Dictynidae 捲葉蛛科 Family Dictynidae Genus Sudesna 蘇蛛屬 Sudesna sp BALUNG 蘇蛛新種於婆羅洲島 Female ♀ 2014-06-28 BALUNG RIVER, BORNEO 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 260

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Family Pholcidae Daddy-Long-Leg Spiders are builders of three-dimensional webs. Commonly known as cellar spiders.   Family Pholcidae Genus Crossopriza Crossopriza lyoni Male Female 5mm 21-11-2014 EDA Crossopriza lyoni (House Daddy-Long-Leg) Family Pholcidae Genus Belisana leaf-dwelling spider Belisana sp GEMOK ♀2.5mm 2017-07-29 BUKIT GEMOK Belisana sp BOMBALAI FEMALE ♀ 2015-09-04 BOMBALAI Family Pholcidae Genus Physocyclus Physocyclus globosus Female   Family Pholcidae Genus New New Genus sp BOMBALAI Male ♂ 2.5mm 2015-09-05 BOMBALAI

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Family Ctenidae 櫛足蛛科 Wandering Spiders with two-clawed legs Family Ctenidae Genus Ctenus New species in Genus Ctenus Ctenus Sarawakensis 砂拉越櫛足蛛 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 217 - 220 Female 18mm 30-11-2014 ESPLANATE ♀ 19mm 2018-09-28 TAWAU Family Ctenidae Genus Acantheis Acantheis sp NEW ♀11mm 2017-07-06 Tawau Hills Park First New record for Borneo

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Family Linyphiidae 皿蛛科 Sheet-Web Spiders Small spiders more than 4,300 described species in 578 genera worldwide. This makes Linyphiidae the second largest family of spiders after the Family Salticidae. Family Linyphiidae Genus Plectembolus Plectembolus sp KNP Female 16-12-2009 KNP

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Family Corinnidae Sac Spiders Long Legs Hunter Spiders with two-clawed legs. Members of the genus Castianeira appear to be mimics of ants and velvet ants. Family Corinnidae Genus Medmassa 中塊蛛屬 Medmassa insignis Female 7mm 2015-08-02 MALIAU RIVER Male ♂  8mm 2020-07-02 TAMAN SEMARAK 9011 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 212 Family Corinnidae Genus Sphecotypus Sphecotypus borneensis Female 8mm 2009 Lok Ka Wi 14-7-2015 TBL Family Corinnidae NEW GENUS Medmassa insignis (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra, Borneo Unidentified Male Family Corinnidae Subfamily: Castianerinae Genus Castoponera Castoponera sp GEMOK ♀7.5mm 2017-07-29 BUKIT GEMOK New Species in Genus Castoponera   Family Corinnidae Genus Castianeira Castianeira sp BOMBALAI Male ♂3mm 15-8-2015 BOMBALAI Remark : This may look Castianeira, but could be a new Family of web spider. Castianeira sp ESPLANADE Male 6mm 12-7-2015 ESPLANADE Family Corinnidae Genus Serendib Genus Serendib a new species found in 2008 Serendib sp SEMARAK Male   Family Corinnidae Sub-family :  Trachelinae Utivarachna fukasawana Female 6.5mm Male 6mm 15-7-2015 TBL 1-11-2009 TBL

GUIDE TO COMMON SPIDERS IN BORNEO ISLAND (Total 7 parts)
The number of spider species of Borneo is getting too large to list into just one page, so this long list is divided into following smaller manageable seven parts:
Part 1 : Family : Salticidae - Jumping Spiders

Part 2 : Family Araneidae - Orb Web Spiders

Part 3 : Family Thomisidae - Crab Spiders

Part 4 : Family Theridiidae - Tangle web spider

Part 5 : Family Tetragnathidae - Big-jawed Spiders

Part 6 : Family Sparassidae - Huntsman Spiders

Part 7 : All other minority spider families - New genus, less encountered species etc..
 

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