Hygropoda is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1894.
Distribution Spiders in this genus are found in Asia and Africa, with H. lineata reaching Australia.
Life style These are arboreal diurnal and nocturnal spiders that hunt on small sheet-webs over leaves in forest areas.
Description
Males and females are of similar size, with live specimens appearing green in colour. The carapace profile is flat with a steep clypeus. The eyes are arranged in two rows and are subequal in size, with the anterior lateral eyes being smallest. The eyes of the posterior row are larger than those of the anterior row, and the median ocular quadrangle is narrower anteriorly than posteriorly.
The abdomen is long and slender, tapering towards the back. The legs are very long, with the tarsi of both males and females being curved and pseudosegmented. The trochanters have shallow notches.
Taxonomy The African species have not been revised.
Species
, this genus includes 26 species and one subspecies:
Hygropoda africana Simon, 1898 – Gabon, Sierra Leone Hygropoda albolimbata (Thorell, 1878) – Indonesia (Ambon) Hygropoda argentata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 – China, Thailand Hygropoda balingkinitanus (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines Hygropoda borbonica (Vinson, 1863) – Réunion Hygropoda bottrelli (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines Hygropoda campanulata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 – China, Thailand Hygropoda celebesiana (Strand, 1913) – Indonesia (Sulawesi) Hygropoda chandrakantii (Reddy & Patel, 1993) – India Hygropoda dolomedes (Doleschall, 1859) – Indonesia (Ambon) Hygropoda gracilis (Thorell, 1891) – India (Nicobar Is.) Hygropoda higenaga (Kishida, 1936) – China, Taiwan, Japan Hygropoda linearis (Simon, 1903) – Madagascar Hygropoda lineata (Thorell, 1881) – Indonesia to Australia Hygropoda longimana (Stoliczka, 1869) – Bangladesh, Malaysia Hygropoda longitarsis (Thorell, 1877) – Vietnam, Indonesia (Sulawesi) H. l. fasciata (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi) Hygropoda macropus Pocock, 1897 – Indonesia (Moluccas) Hygropoda medogensis Lu, Wang & Zhang, 2023 – China Hygropoda menglun Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 – China Hygropoda procera Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar Hygropoda prognatha Thorell, 1895 – Singapore (type species) Hygropoda sikkimus (Tikader, 1970) – India (mainland, Andaman Is.) Hygropoda subannulipes Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) Hygropoda taeniata Wang, 1993 – China Hygropoda tangana (Roewer, 1955) – Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Madagascar Hygropoda yunnan Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 – China, Thailand, Laos
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