Thelacantha

Thelacantha is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Thelacantha spiders have been sighted 5 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Thelacantha includes 2 countries and 1 states in the United States. Thelacantha is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of January.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Thelacantha

Author

Hasselt, 1882

Sightings Overview

There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Thelacantha, with the most recent sighting submitted on January 6, 2025 by Spider ID member kananimoya. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Thelacantha sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Thelacantha spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Thelacantha has been sighted 8 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). Low foliage (2). High foliage (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (1).

Location and Range

Thelacantha has been sighted in the following countries: Philippines, United States.

Thelacantha has also been sighted in the following states: Hawaii.

Seasonality

Thelacantha has been primarily sighted during the month of January.

January: 2
February: 1
March: 1
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December: 1

Thelacantha Species

Thelacantha brevispina
(Double Spotted Spiny Spider)

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