Global InformationNephilengys malabarensis information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Nephilidae |
| Genus: | Nephilengys |
| Species: | N. malabarensis
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| Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842)[1]
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Nephilengys malabarensis is an nephilid spider.[1]
Females reach a body length of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). The legs and palp are annulated yellow and black. Male body size less than 5 millimetres (0.20 in), with mostly grey-black legs.[2]
N. malabarensis is being preyed upon by the spider-eating jumping spider Portia.[2]
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
WSC_s22470was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Matjaž Kuntner (2007). "A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae)". Systematic Entomology. 32 (1): 95–135. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00348.x. S2CID 84146620.