Poltys

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Poltyini
Genus: Poltys
Species: P. acuminatus – P. apiculatus – P. baculiger – P. bhabanii – P. bhavnagarensis – P. caelatus – P. columnaris – P. corticosus – P. dubius – P. elevatus – P. ellipticus – P. fornicatus – P. frenchi – P. furcifer – P. godrejii – P. grayi – P. hainanensis – P. horridus – P. idae – P. illepidus – P. jujorum – P. kochi – P. laciniosus – P. longitergus – P. milledgei – P. monstrosus – P. mouhoti – P. nagpurensis – P. nigrinus – P. noblei – P. pannuceus – P. pogonias – P. pygmaeus – P. raphanus – P. rehmanii – P. reuteri – P. squarrosus – P. stygius – P. timmeh – P. turriger – P. turritus – P. unguifer – P. vesicularis
Name

Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843

Type species: Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843

Gender: Masculine
References
Primary references
Additional references

Smith, H.M. 2006a. A revision of the genus Poltys in Australasia (Araneae: Araneidae). Records of the Australian Museum 58: 43-96. Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names
English: Poltys

Poltys is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by C. L. Koch in 1843.[2] Many species are cryptic and are known to masquerade as leaves and twigs during the day,[3] and build an orb web at night to capture prey. The shape of the abdomen which often gives the impression of a rough and broken branch can vary among individuals within a species.[4] The web is eaten up before dawn and reconstructed after dusk.[5]
Species

As of April 2019 it contains forty-three species:[1]

Poltys acuminatus Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar
Poltys apiculatus Thorell, 1892 – Singapore
Poltys baculiger Simon, 1907 – Gabon
Poltys bhabanii (Tikader, 1970) – India
Poltys bhavnagarensis Patel, 1988 – India
Poltys caelatus Simon, 1907 – Sierra Leone, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe
Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890 – India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Sumatra), Japan
Poltys corticosus Pocock, 1898 – East Africa
Poltys dubius (Walckenaer, 1841) – Vietnam
Poltys elevatus Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
Poltys ellipticus Han, Zhang & Zhu, 2010 – China
Poltys fornicatus Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe
Poltys frenchi Hogg, 1899 – New Guinea, indonesia (Moluccas), Australia (Queensland)
Poltys furcifer Simon, 1881 – Tanzania (Zanzibar), South Africa
Poltys godrejii Bastawade & Khandal, 2006 – India
Poltys grayi Smith, 2006 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
Poltys hainanensis Han, Zhang & Zhu, 2010 – China
Poltys horridus Locket, 1980 – Comoros, Seychelles
Poltys idae (Ausserer, 1871) – China, Borneo
Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843 (type) – Thailand to Australia (mainland, Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is.)
Poltys jujorum Smith, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
Poltys kochi Keyserling, 1864 – Mauritius, Madagascar
Poltys laciniosus Keyserling, 1886 – Australia
Poltys longitergus Hogg, 1919 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
Poltys milledgei Smith, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory), Indonesia (Bali, Sumbawa)
Poltys monstrosus Simon, 1897 – Sierra Leone
Poltys mouhoti (Günther, 1862) – Vietnam
Poltys nagpurensis Tikader, 1982 – Iran, India
Poltys nigrinus Saito, 1933 – Taiwan
Poltys noblei Smith, 2006 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
Poltys pannuceus Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
Poltys pogonias Thorell, 1891 – India (Nicobar Is.)
Poltys pygmaeus Han, Zhang & Zhu, 2010 – China
Poltys raphanus Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar
Poltys rehmanii Bastawade & Khandal, 2006 – India
Poltys reuteri Lenz, 1886 – Madagascar
Poltys squarrosus Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar
Poltys stygius Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar to Australia (Queensland)
Poltys timmeh Smith, 2006 – New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.
Poltys turriger Simon, 1897 – Vietnam
Poltys turritus Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar
Poltys unguifer Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
Poltys vesicularis Simon, 1889 – Madagascar

References

Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
Koch, C. L. (1843). Die Arachniden.
Kuntner, Matjaž; Gregorič, Matjaž; Cheng, Ren-Chung; Li, Daiqin (2016). "Leaf masquerade in an orb web spider" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 44 (3): 397. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-16-027.1. S2CID 52997204.
Smith, Helen M. (2003). "Shape variation in Australian Poltys species (Araneae: Araneidae)" (PDF). Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 12 (8): 355–360.
Smith, Helen M (2009). "The costs of moving for a diurnally cryptic araneid spider". Journal of Arachnology. 37: 84–91. doi:10.1636/ST07-62.1. S2CID 85938546.