Leucauge granulata

Leucauge granulata is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders (family Tetragnathidae). It is found in India, Sri Lanka, China, the Sunda Islands (Indonensia), Australia, and French Polynesia.[1] Leucauge granulata marginata is known to inhabit New Guinea. Leucauge granulata rimitara in French Polynesia.

Leucauge granulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Leucauge
Species:
L. granulata
Binomial name
Leucauge granulata
Synonyms[1]
  • Tetragnatha granulata Walckenaer, 1841
  • Epeira orichalcea Doleschall, 1857
  • Meta tuberculata Keyserling, 1865
  • Tetragnatha argentata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
  • Meta orichalcea (Doleschall, 1857)
  • Meta granulata (Walckenaer, 1841)
  • Argyroepeira granulata (Walckenaer, 1841)
  • Leucauge argentata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)
  • Leucauge granulata (Walckenaer, 1841)
  • Leucauge bengalensis Gravely, 1921
  • Leucauge tuberculata (Keyserling, 1865)

A medium-sized spider, with a leg span around 45 mm long (female). Male to 15 mm. The humped shaped abdomen is silver, the head silver green with black. Legs are thin, brown to light green. The web is horizontal or slightly inclined, the spider rests upside down under the web, waiting for prey.[2] Fangs oppose, and work in a pinching manner.[3]

References
  1. "Taxon details Leucauge granulata (Walckenaer, 1841)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-01-07
  2. Densey Clyne. A Guide to Australian Spiders. 1969. Thomas Nelson Australia AUS 68-595 SBN 17 004724 page 72
  3. "Leucauge granulata". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2020.


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