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Thomisops

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Also known as Thomisops crab spiders

Thomisops is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1879 by Ferdinand Karsch. , it contains eight species from Africa, and two from China.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyThomisidae

Thomisops is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de Thomisidae (krabspinnen). Soorten Thomisops bullatus Simon, 1895 Thomisops cretaceus Jézéquel, 1964 Thomisops granulatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 Thomisops lesserti Millot, 1942 Thomisops melanopes Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879 Thomisops sanmen Song, Zhang & Zheng, 1992 Thomisops senegalensis Millot, 1942 Thomisops sulcatus Simon, 1895

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
146
Family
Thomisidae
Collections
ARC-PPRI
Recorded in
South Africa, Southern Africa

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Thomisidae
Image
Thomisops sulcatus, Dewetsnek, b.jpg
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taxon name
Thomisops
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Thomisops
Commons category
Thomisops
taxon author citation
Karsch, 1879
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Thomisops is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1879 by Ferdinand Karsch. , it contains eight species from Africa, and two from China.

==Name== The genus name is a combination of the crab spider genus Thomisus and Ancient Greek ὤψ (ops) "eye".

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