Nilus albocinctus
(Common White-flanked Water Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Nilus albocinctus, commonly known as Common White-flanked Water Spider, belongs to the genus Nilus, in the family Pisauridae. Nilus albocinctus spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Nilus albocinctus includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Nilus albocinctus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Common White-flanked Water Spider

Author

(Doleschall, 1859)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Nilus albocinctus (Common White-flanked Water Spider), 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 albocinctus sightings reporting incomplete data.

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