Dzulhelmi muhammad nasir

SCYTODIDAE
Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837
Material examined:
♀, 15.05.2015, resting under house,
Sabah Tea Garden (Figure 3.C).
Notes: This spider is found inside buildings and human
settlements.
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Leucauge argentina (Hasselt, 1882)
Material examined:
♂♀, 22.05.2015,
constructing web
near tree bark, Poring Hot Spring Nature Reserve;
♀,
26.05.2015, resting at center of web, Crocker Range
National Park.
Notes: the orb-web is usually found close to the ground.
It is found in gardens, heath forests and montane forests at
higher elevations and in cooler areas.
Leucauge celebesiana (Walckenaer, 1841)
Material examined:
♀, 19.05.2015, eating, Mesilau
Resort 
Nature 
Reserve;
♂♀, 
25.05.2015, 
spider
constructing web in long grasses, Crocker Range National
Park.
Notes: Normally found constructing orb-webs in groups
in gardens and montane forests at higher elevations and in
cooler areas. The species was found eating prey from
Diptera (Nematoceran sp.) and Formicidae (Oecophylla
sp.).
Leucauge decorata (Blackwall, 1864)
Material 
examined:
♂♀, 
25.05.2015, 
spiders
constructing webs in long grasses in groups. Crocker
Range National Park.
Notes: This spider constructs orb-webs in grassy areas.
It is normally found at higher elevations and in cooler areas
in montane forests.
Leucauge liui Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003
Material examined:
♀, 18.05.2015, resting at center of
web, Mesilau Resort Nature Reserve;
♀, 25.05.2015,
constructing web in lower shrubs, Crocker Range National
Park.

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NASIR et al.
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New records of spiders from Sabah
803
Notes: This spider constructs orb-webs between 25
to180 centimeters from the ground.
Leucauge sabahan Dzulhelmi, sp. nov.
Type material: Female holotype (PHS033) from Poring
Hot Spring Nature Reserve, Sabah (6
o
2’35”N, 116
o
42’7”E)
was collected by hand picking at 2100 hours on 22
st
May
2015. Holotype specimen is stored in the Museum of
Zoology, University of Malaya.
Etymology: The specific name is a noun, referring to
the location where the holotype was collected.
Diagnosis: The L. sabahan resembles L. tesellata and L.
taiwanica with the presence of dense hairs on tibia IV. The
L. sabahan can be differentiated based on the following: