Cantik = Beautiful

This Spider Cantikus halabala was originally described in 2011 as Pholcus halabala and are documented from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

In 2018, more than 20 species of Cellar Spiders were transferred to a newly erected genus - Cantikus, the entymology of the name deriving from the word Cantik from Malay, meaning Beautiful.

This species has nice tattoo like markings on the head. They are also tiny in size, body width up to 2 mm and body length around 10-12 mm.