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Peucetia viridana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Oxyopidae

Scientific name
  
Peucetia viridana

Rank
  
Species

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Genus
  
Peucetia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Spider

Peucetia viridana

Similar
  
Peucetia, Oxyopes birmanicus, Oxyopes shweta, Hippasa, Argiope anasuja

Peucetia viridana is a species of spider found in India and Myanmar.

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Description

Peucetia viridana is a green colored spider with cephalothorax having brown spots. The head region has a few spines and the centre has deep fovea which is green in colour. The clypeus is long with two black lines extending from the base of the middle anterior eyes. The sternum is heart shaped, pointed behind and covered with pines and hair. The legs are long and strong covered with conspicuous black spots and black long spines. The abdomen is long, narrowing behind and covered with fine hair. A longitudinal deep brown line runs through the center of the abdomen with lateral branches.

The females are about 10-12 mm in size and the males about 8–10 mm in size.

Habitat

It is generally found on grass and low shrubs.

References

Peucetia viridana Wikipedia