Poltys illepidus

Poltys illepidus
female from Okinawa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Poltys
Species:
P. illepidus
Binomial name
Poltys illepidus
Synonyms
  • Poltys coronatus Keyserling, 1886
  • Poltys keyserlingi Keyserling, 1886
  • Poltys multituberculatus Rainbow, 1898
  • Poltys penicillatus Rainbow, 1920

Poltys illepidus is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It was first described by C. L. Koch in 1843. The species is distributed across northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, extending north to Thailand and Japan.