Thelcticopis kirankhalapi | |
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From, Beluvai, Karnataka, India. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Sparassidae |
Genus: | Thelcticopis |
Species: | T. kirankhalapi
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Binomial name | |
Thelcticopis kirankhalapi Ahmed et al., 2015
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Thelcticopis kirankhalapi is a species of huntsman spider endemic to India. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Thelcticopis kirankhalapi is endemic to Karnataka, India. [2] [3] [5] Its type locality is a small patch of ‘Kans’ forest in Hosanagara, Shivamogga, Karnataka. [2]
Thelcticopis kirankhalapi is classified as a mid-sized, foliage dwelling, presumably nocturnal, orange-brown, ambush hunting sparassid. [2]
Thelcticopis kirankhalapi is named after Mr. Kiran Khalap, Managing Director & co-founder of Chlorophyll Brand and Communications Consultancy. [2] [4]