Thelcticopis is a genus of huntsman spiders that occurs almost exclusively in the area India to Japan to New Guinea and Fiji. Two geographically outlying species, T. humilithorax (Simon, 1909) from Gabon (originally said as the "French Congo") and T. truculenta Karsch, 1884 from São Tomé and Príncipe are both probably misplaced in this genus.
Another species originally described from Costa Rica was suggested to belong to the genus by Jäger, 2005 as Thelcticopis pestai (Reimoser, 1939), but later revised as Decaphora pestai (Reimoser, 1939), by Rheims & Alayón, 2014.
This genus is distinguished by the abdomen narrowing behind and ending in terminal spinnerets which are borne on a tubular stalk separated at the base by a membranous ring. They are often brownish-red, the abdomen is either of uniform color or shows paired spots. However, some species are black, yellow or green.
Species As of November 2022 it contains 51 species: Thelcticopis ajax Pocock, 1901 — India Thelcticopis ancorum Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan Thelcticopis bicornuta Pocock, 1901 — India Thelcticopis bifasciata Thorell, 1891 — Nicobar Islands Thelcticopis biroi Kolosváry, 1934 — New Guinea Thelcticopis buu (Logunov & Jäger, 2015) — Vietnam Thelcticopis canescens Simon, 1887 — Andaman Islands, Myanmar Thelcticopis celebesiana Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi Thelcticopis convoluticola Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands Thelcticopis cuneisignata Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea Thelcticopis dahanensis (Zhu & Zhong, 2020) — Taiwan Thelcticopis fasciata Thorell, 1897 — Myanmar Thelcticopis flavipes Pocock, 1897 — Moluccas Thelcticopis folia Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009 — Laos Thelcticopis goramensis Thorell, 1881 — Malaysia Thelcticopis hercules Pocock, 1901 — Sri Lanka Thelcticopis humilithorax Simon, 1910 — Congo Thelcticopis huyoplata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines Thelcticopis insularis Karsch, 1881 — Micronesia Thelcticopis kaparanganensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines Thelcticopis karnyi Reimoser, 1929 — Sumatra Thelcticopis kianganensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines Thelcticopis kirankhalapi Ahmed et al., 2015 — India Thelcticopis klossi Reimoser, 1929 — Sumatra Thelcticopis luctuosa Doleschall, 1859 — Java Thelcticopis maindroni Simon, 1906 — India Thelcticopis modesta Thorell, 1890 — Malaysia Thelcticopis moesta Doleschall, 1859 — Amboina Thelcticopis moolampilliensis Jose & Sebastian, 2007 — India Thelcticopis nigrocephala Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi Thelcticopis ochracea Pocock, 1899 — New Britain Thelcticopis orichalcea Simon, 1880 — Sumatra, Borneo Thelcticopis papuana Simon, 1880 — New Guinea Thelcticopis pennata Simon, 1901 — Malaysia Thelcticopis picta Thorell, 1887 — Myanmar Thelcticopis pinmini (Cai & Zhong, 2021) — China Thelcticopis quadrimunita Strand, 1911 — New Guinea Thelcticopis rubristernis Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901 — India Thelcticopis sagittata Hogg, 1915 — New Guinea Thelcticopis salomonum Strand, 1913 — Solomon Islands Thelcticopis scaura Simon, 1910 — São Tomé Thelcticopis serambiformis Strand, 1907 — India Thelcticopis severa L. Koch, 1875 — China, Laos, Korea, Japan Thelcticopis simplerta Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines Thelcticopis telonotata Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan Thelcticopis truculenta Karsch, 1884 — São Tomé, Principe Thelcticopis unciformis (Zhu & Zhong, 2020) — Taiwan Thelcticopis vasta L. Koch, 1873 — Fiji Thelcticopis virescens Pocock, 1901 — India Thelcticopis zhengi Liu, Li & Jäger, 2010 — China
References Jäger, P. & Kunz, D. (2005). An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenberg. biol. 85:163-213. Sherriffs, W.R. (1938). Hong Kong Spiders. Part IV. The Hong Kong Naturalist 8:178-185 PDF
Further reading Reimoser, E. (1929). Spolia Mentawiensa: Araneae. The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2:125-133 PDF (description of T. klossi and T. karnyi)
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