Nephila sumptuosa

Nephila sumptuosa
Nephila sumptuosa. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nephilidae
Genus: Nephila
Species: N. sumptuosa
Binomial name
Nephila sumptuosa
Gerstäcker, 1873
Synonyms
  • Nephila amoenula Gerstäcker, 1873
  • Nephila bennetti O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898

Nephila sumptuosa, the red-legged golden orb-web spider, is a species of golden orb-web spider. [1][2]

Description

Nephila sumptuosa can reach a length of 4.4 millimetres (0.17 in) in males, of 34.9 millimetres (1.37 in) in females.[3] These large spiders have long reddish legs with clumps of hair. The abdomen is blackish and shows a series of whitish spots.

As is usual among orb-weavers, there is marked sexual dimorphism in general appearance, but especially in size.

Distribution

This species is present in East Africa and in Socotra. [4]

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