Nilus

Nilus is a genus of spiders in the family Pisauridae. Nilus spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Nilus includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Nilus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Nilus

Author

O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Nilus, with the most recent sighting submitted on April 21, 2020 by Spider ID member alanfeatherstone. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Nilus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Nilus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 0 female and 1 male.
Environment: Nilus has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Nilus has been sighted in the following countries: Malaysia.

Seasonality

Nilus has been primarily sighted during the month of March.

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March: 1
April: 1
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Nilus Species

Nilus albocinctus
(Common White-flanked Water Spider)

2 pictures