Telamonia dimidiata
| Two-Striped Telamonia | |
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| Species: | T. dimidiata
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| Telamonia dimidiata (Simon, 1899)
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Viciria dimidiata | |
The two-striped telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata), is a jumping spider found in various Asian tropical rain forests, in foliage in wooded environments.
Females can reach a body length of 9–11 mm, males can reach a length of 8-9 mm.
They occur in Singapore (new record), Indonesia, India, Bhutan.
In 2002, the spider became the subject of an email hoax claiming that it was a fatal spider found lurking under toilet seats in North Florida. This hoax was a rehashing of an older email circulated in 1999 with similar claims, except under the name South American Blush Spider (arachnius gluteus) - literally "butt spider". No such events ever occurred.[1]
Notes
- ^ "Urban Legends Reference Pages: Two-Striped Telamonia Spider". Snopes. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
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