Dzulhelmi muhammad nasir

THERIDIIDAE
Chikunia nigra (Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
Material examined:
♀, 22.05.2015, spider was found
under shrubs, Poring Hot Spring Nature Reserve.
Notes: This spider is often found hiding under leaves in
dipterocarp forest.
Janula bubalis Yoshida & Koh, 2011
Material examined:
♂♀, 17.05.2015, both spiders on
the same web, Mesilau Resort Nature Reserve.
Notes: This spider was found hiding under a leaf.

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BIODIVERSITAS
17 (2): 799-807, October 2016
804
Parasteatoda mundula (Koch, 1872)
Material examined:
♀, 02.2015, resting on web, Pantai
Bak Bak;
♀, 19.05.2015, resting under branch, Kinabalu
National Park.
Notes: This common spider is found inside rolled
leaves in gardens and forests.
Parasteatoda tapidariorum (Koch, 1841)
Material examined:
♀, 20.05.2015, build webs under
railings, Kinabalu National Park.
Notes: This spider usually build tangled webs near
human settlements.
Phoroncidia lygeana (Walckenaer, 1841)
Material examined:
♀, 23.05.2015, on leaves, Poring
Hot Spring Nature Reserve (Figure 3.D).
Notes: This spider would rest using a fine silk from its
spinnerets and attaching it to the tip of the leaves. It is
commonly found in heath forests.
Figures 2. Female Leucauge sabahan new species. Body: (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) lateral view; eye pattern: (D) dorsal
view; (E) sternum; (F) spinnerets; epigyne: (G) dorsal view (internal), (H) ventral view (outer).
A
C
E
D
B
F
G
H

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NASIR et al.
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New records of spiders from Sabah
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Figure 3. A. Tetragnathidae, Leucauge sabahan sp. nov,. B. Araneidae, Cyrtophora cylindroides, C. Sytodidae, Scytodes fusca, D.
Theridiidae, Phoroncidia lygeana
THOMISIDAE
Amyciaea forticeps (Cambridge, 1873)
Material examined:
♀, 13.04.2015, on railing, Signal
Hill.
Notes: This spider have the ability to mimic Oecophylla
smaragdina ants before preying on them.
Lycopus rubropictus Workman, 1896
Material examined:
♀, 13.04.2015, on leaves, Signal
Hill.
Notes: Female is sometimes found guarding their eggs
inside their nest.
Mastira bipunctata Thorell, 1891
Material examined:
♀, 25.05.2015, spider was
moulting, Crocker Range National Park.
Notes: This spider is normally found in flowers in
gardens. During molting, it takes about five minutes for the
exoskeleton to harden after the spider emerges and starts to
move.
Platythomisus octomaculatus (Koch, 1845)
Material examined:
♀, 22.05.2015, on leaves, Poring
Hot Spring Nature Reserve.
Notes: This cryptic species usually rest in-between
leaves of the lower shrubs.
Stephanopis altifrons Cambridge, 1869
Material examined:
♀, 12.04.2015, on tree bark, Sri
Kinabalu Resort.
Notes: This spider camouflages on lichen-covered
wood during the night.