Psechridae

The 3 Genus :

Eomatachia Petrunkevitch, 1942 † (fossil, oligocene)
Fecenia james, 1887
Psechrus Thorell, 1878

Psechrus borneo Levi, 1982
Psechrus argentatus (Doleschall, 1859) — dalla Malaysia al Queensland
Psechrus borneo Levi, 1982 — Borneo
Psechrus cebu Murphy, 1986 — Filippine
Psechrus ghecuanus Thorell, 1897 — India, Myanmar, Thailandia, Cina
Psechrus himalayanus Simon, 1906 — India, Nepal
Psechrus jinggangensis Wang & Yin, 2001 — Cina
Psechrus khammouan Jäger, 2007 — Laos
Psechrus kinabalu Levi, 1982 — Borneo
Psechrus kunmingensis Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1985 — Cina
Psechrus luangprabang Jäger, 2007 — Laos
Psechrus marsyandi Levi, 1982 — Nepal
Psechrus mulu Levi, 1982 — Borneo
Psechrus rani Wang & Yin, 2001 — Cina
Psechrus senoculatus Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1985 — Cina
Psechrus sinensis Berland & Berland, 1914 — Cina
Psechrus singaporensis Thorell, 1894 — Cina, Malaysia, Giava, Sumatra
Psechrus taiwanensis Wang & Yin, 2001 — Taiwan
Psechrus tingpingensis Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1985 — Cina, Vietnam
Psechrus torvus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — Sri Lanka, India, Cina, Taiwan
Psechrus triangulus Yang et al., 2003 — Cina
Psechrus xinping Chen et al., 2002 — Cina

Family: Psechridae

Psechrus alticeps Pocock, 1899
Family: Psechridae
Size: 24mm
Distribution: India: Kerala
Habitat: Moist Deciduous forests

These are cribellate spiders and has cribellum on the under surface of its abdomen near spinnerets. Cribellum produces a sticky silk and are kneaded by another structure called calamistrum found in these spiders. Psechrus alticeps is a large spider that is very common in the forests of Kerala. They spin their webs usually in the bottom of tall forest trees, preferably in hollow found at the bottom of these trees. Spiders remain upside down in its web and on slight disturbance its escapes into safe retreat. Webs are horizontal and consist of two layers usually and are messed up with remains of prey and other debris. The cephalothorax is brownish yellow in colour with two dark brown longitudinal bands about middle and a dark brown longitudinal band on lateral margin. Abdomen has dark mottled pattern, on light background. On the under surface, abdomen has a median longitudinal white line sometimes bordered by two lateral lines also. Psechrus spiders range from Himalayas and southern china in north to Sri Lanka and Philippines in the south.