Liphistius desultor

Liphistius desultor
Liphistius desultor from Encyclopædia Britannica in 1911
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mesothelae
Family: Liphistiidae
Genus: Liphistius
Species:
L. desultor
Binomial name
Liphistius desultor
Schiodte, 1849

Liphistius desultor is a species of trapdoor spider native to Malaysia.[1] It is a large species of spider similar to Liphistius yangae.[2]

It is the type species of its genus.

References

  1. ^ "Liphistius desultor". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  2. ^ Schwendinger, Peter J.; Syuhadah, Nurul; Lehmann-Graber, Christina; Price, Liz; Huber, Siegfried; Hashim, Rosli; Bhassu, Subha; Monod, Lionel (2019-12-31). "A revision of the trapdoor spider genus Liphistius (Mesothelae: Liphistiidae) in Peninsular Malaysia: part 2". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 126 (2): 321–353. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3463473.