Phrynarachne ceylonica
(Bird-dung Crab Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Phrynarachne ceylonica, commonly known as Bird-dung Crab Spider, belongs to the genus Phrynarachne, in the family Thomisidae. Phrynarachne ceylonica spiders have been sighted 1 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Phrynarachne ceylonica includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Phrynarachne ceylonica is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of October.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Phrynarachne
Species: Phrynarachne ceylonica

Other Common Names

Bird-dung Crab Spider

Author

(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884)

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Phrynarachne ceylonica (Bird-dung Crab Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 17, 2018 by Spider ID member gransomeuk. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Phrynarachne ceylonica sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Phrynarachne ceylonica spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Phrynarachne ceylonica has been sighted 1 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (1).