Sason hirsutum

Sason hirsutum is a species of spiders in the family Barychelidae, found in Indonesia.[1][2]

Sason hirsutum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Sason
Species:
S. hirsutum
Binomial name
Sason hirsutum

Description

Only the male has been described. Its body is about 9 mm long in total. The upper (dorsal) surface is generally light reddish brown; the lower (ventral) surface is lighter. The abdomen has a darker pattern on both surfaces. The ventral surface of the tarsus and part of the metatarsus of each leg is white. The legs are densely covered with relatively long hairs.[2]

Taxonomy

Sason hirsutum was first described by Peter J. Schwendinger in 2003.[1] The species name, hirsutum, meaning "hairy", refers to the long dense hair on the legs. The male is similar to S. andamanicum, but can be distinguished by a number of features, including the short, stout cuspules on the labium and maxillae, and the thinner, straight embolus of the palpal bulb.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The species is only known from one of the Lingga Islands off the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The males were found in tropical rainforest alongside a stream, in nests on the trunks of trees.[2]

References
  1. "Taxon details Sason hirsutum Schwendinger, 2003", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-03-08
  2. Schwendinger, P.J. (2003), "Two new species of the arboreal trapdoor spider genus Sason (Araneae: Barychelidae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF), The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 51 (2): 197–207, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27, retrieved 2016-03-08
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