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Thelcticopis severa

species of huntsman spider

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 10, 2025
Entity authorityQ1058163 ↗
Source-derived summary

Thelcticopis severa is a species of huntsman spider found in China, Laos, Korea, and Japan. It is the type species for the genus Thelcticopis, and was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1875.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Thelcticopis severa” is species of huntsman spider. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Thelcticopis, severa and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1875—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Thelcticopis, severa and species is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Thelcticopis severa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.