Bomis (spider)
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| B. larvata photographed in Brisbane, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Bomis L. Koch, 1874[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. larvata L. Koch, 1874
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Bomis is a genus of very small crab spiders, first described by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1874.[2] Five species are currently described, with three species from India and two from Australia.[3]
Description
[edit]All Bomis species are extremely small, with females measuring approximately 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long and males only 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long. The prosoma is roughly textured and noticeably convex, while the opisthosoma is wrinkled and often forms folds on its lateral and anterior surfaces. The legs are short and thick, and the entire body has a sparse covering of very short setae.[3]
Species
[edit]This genus includes the following species:[1]
- Bomis bengalensis Tikader, 1962 – India
- Bomis calcuttaensis Biswas & Mazumder, 1981 – India
- Bomis hippoponoi Szymkowiak, 2017 – Australia (South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
- Bomis khajuriai Tikader, 1980 – India
- Bomis larvata L. Koch, 1874 (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Bomis L. Koch, 1874". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Koch, L. (1874). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Bauer & Raspe. pp. 473–576. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660.
- ^ a b Szymkowiak, Paweł; Królikowska, Sylwia (2017). "Redescription of Bomis larvata L. Koch, 1874 with the description of a new Australian species". Zootaxa. 4323 (4). Magnolia Press: 451–468. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4323.4.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
Further reading
[edit]- Lehtinen, P. T. (2016). "Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s.lat. and Stiphropodidae)". Indian Journal of Arachnology. 5: 143–171.
- Szymkowiak, P.; Królikowska, S. (2017). "Redescription of Bomis larvata L. Koch, 1874 with the description of a new Australian species". Zootaxa. 4323 (4): 451–468. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4323.4.1.
- Tikader, B. K. (1980). "Thomisidae (Crab-spiders)". Fauna India. 1: 1–247.
- Biswas, B.; Mazumder, S. C. (1981). "Description of two new species of crab-spiders of the genera Diaea and Bomis (Family: Thomisidae) from India". Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India. 4: 271–275.
- Tikader, B. K.; Biswas, B. (1981). "Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I". Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper. 30: 1–149.
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