Taxon details


Fecenia protensa Thorell, 1891

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2022-07-20
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044427]
  • Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Bali)
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Taxonomic references
Fecenia protensa Thorell, 1891: 31 (Dj).
Fecenia travancoria Pocock, 1899d: 750 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020360].
Fecenia travancoria Pocock, 1900a: 212 (f).
Fecenia sumatrana Kulczyński, 1908d: 568, pl. 23, f. 20 (Df).
Psechrus nicobarensis Tikader, 1977a: 208, f. 27A-E (Dmf). [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020358].
Fecenia macilenta Levi, 1982: 136, f. 83, 86-87 (f, misidentified).
Fecenia nicobarensis Levi, 1982: 138 (Tmf from Psechrus).
Fecenia travancoria Murphy, 1986: 65 (removed from S of F. macilenta, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 234 and Levi, 1982: 136, S).
Psechrus alticeps Sunil Jose & Sebastian, 2001a: 304, f. 1a-g (mf, misidentified).
Fecenia protensa Bayer, 2011: 29, f. 55-70, 98-99, 108-110, 119 (removed j from S of F. macilenta, contra Levi, 1982: 136, Smf).
Fecenia travancoria Bayer, 2011: 36, f. 71-78, 111-113 (f).
Fecenia protensa Malamel, Pradeep & Sebastian, 2013: 360, f. 1, 2a-c, 3a-c, 4a-b, 5a-b, 6-10, 11a-b, 12a-b, 13a-b, 14a-b, 15 (mf, S).
Fecenia protensa Bayer, 2014b: 41, f. 1A, 24A-D (f).
Fecenia protensa Tan, Koh & Ang, 2018: 16, f. 1a, 2a, 6a-b, 7, 8c-d, 9c-d (mf).
References

Bayer, S. (2011). Revision of the pseudo-orbweavers of the genus Fecenia Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Psechridae), with emphasis on their pre-epigyne. ZooKeys 153: 1-56. doi:10.3897/zookeys.153.2110 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bayer, S. (2014b). Seven new species of Psechrus and additional taxonomic contributions to the knowledge of the spider family Psechridae (Araneae). Zootaxa 3826(1): 1-54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kulczyński, W. (1908d). Symbola ad faunam Aranearum Javae et Sumatrae cognoscendam. I. Mygalomorphae et Cribellatae. Bulletin International de l'Academie des Sciences de Cracovie 1908: 527-581. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1982). The spider genera Psechrus and Fecenia (Araneae: Psechridae). Pacific Insects 24: 114-138. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Malamel, J. J., Pradeep, M. S. & Sebastian, P. A. (2013). Fecenia travancoria Pocock is recognised as a junior synonym of Fecenia protensa Thorell (Araneae: Psechridae): a case of intraspecific variation. Zootaxa 3741: 359-368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3741.3.4 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Murphy, J. (1986). Additional information concerning the spider family Psechridae. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 65-68. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1899d). Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12(4): 744-753. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1900a). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. Taylor and Francis, London, 279 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.48423 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sunil Jose, K. & Sebastian, P. A. (2001a). Occurrence of Psechrus alticeps Pocock (Araneae: Psechridae) in western Ghats, Kerala with a redescription and notes on its habit and habitat. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 98: 304-306. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tan, J. C. H., Koh, J. K. H. & Ang, C. S. P. (2018). New record of a pseudo-orb weaver, Fecenia ochracea (Doleschall, 1859) in Singapore (Araneae: Psechridae). Nature in Singapore 11: 15-26. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1891). Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(2): 1-149. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1977a). Studies on spider fauna of Andaman and Nicobar islands, Indian Ocean. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 72: 153-212. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-07-20 Species distribution update n/a (Old value)
2018-04-12 New taxonomic reference entry Tan, Koh & Ang, 2018 n/a
2018-04-12 Species distribution update Tan, Koh & Ang, 2018 n/a (Old value)
2014-08-24 New taxonomic reference entry Bayer, 2014b n/a
2014-08-24 Species distribution update Bayer, 2014b n/a (Old value)