Thomisus

Thomisus
Thomisus onustus capturing a bee
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Section:	Dionycha
Superfamily:	Thomisoidea
Family:	Thomisidae
Tribe:	Misumenini
Genus:	Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805
Type species
Thomisus onustus Walckenaer, 1805
Species
T. kitamurai T. labefactus T. okinawensis T. onustus T. spectabilis many more, see text
Diversity
136 species

male T. kitamurai from Japan

Thomisus is a genus of crab spiders (family Thomisidae) with more than 100 species and an almost worldwide distribution, with the notable exception of most of South America.

In most species females are four to ten mm long, with males two to seven mm. Many are brightly colored, usually matching the color of the flower they are waiting on for prey.

female T. kitamurai

Distribution

female T. okinawensis

female T. labefactus

Although Thomisus species can be found almost anywhere on earth, most species occur in the tropics and the warmer regions of the Old World, with very few species found in the region from New Guinea to Australia and the New World. Only T. guadahyrensis is found in South America, and only in Peru.

Species

T. albens O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Pakistan, Yarkand T. albertianus Strand, 1913 — Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Angola T. albertianus guineensis Millot, 1942 — Guinea, Angola T. albertianus maculatus Comellini, 1959 — Cameroon, Congo T. albertianus verrucosus Comellini, 1957 — Congo T. albohirtus Simon, 1884 — North, East Africa, Yemen T. amadelphus Simon, 1909 — Vietnam T. andamanensis Tikader, 1980 — Andaman Islands T. angulatulus Roewer, 1951 — Gabon T. angustifrons Lucas, 1858 — Gabon T. arabicus Simon, 1882 — Yemen T. armillatus (Thorell, 1891) — Nicobar Islands T. ashishi Gajbe, 2005 — India T. australis Comellini, 1957 — Central, Southern Africa T. baghdeoi Gajbe, 2004 — India T. bargi Gajbe, 2004 — India T. beautifularis Basu, 1965 — India T. benoiti Comellini, 1959 — Congo T. bicolor Walckenaer, 1837 — USA T. bidentatus Kulczynski, 1901 — West Africa to Saudi Arabia, Yemen T. bigibbosus Keyserling, 1881 — USA T. blandus Karsch, 1880 — Africa, Yemen T. boesenbergi Lenz, 1891 — Madagascar T. bonnieri Simon, 1902 — Oman T. bueanus Strand, 1916 — Cameroon T. bulani Tikader, 1960 — India T. callidus (Thorell, 1890) — Sri Lanka, Singapore, Sumatra, Nias Islands, Java T. cancroides Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 — Unknown T. candidus Blackwall, 1866 — Tropical Africa T. castaneiceps Simon, 1909 — Vietnam T. cavaleriei Schenkel, 1963 — China T. citrinellus Simon, 1875 — Mediterranean, Africa, Yemen, Socotra, Seychelles T. congoensis Comellini, 1957 — Central, Southern Africa T. dalmasi Lessert, 1919 — Africa T. danieli Gajbe, 2004 — India T. daradioides Simon, 1890 — South Africa to India T. daradioides nigroannulatus Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa T. dartevellei Comellini, 1957 — Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi T. dentiger (Thorell, 1887) — Myanmar T. destefanii Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia T. dhakuriensis Tikader, 1960 — India T. dhananjayi Gajbe, 2005 — India T. duriusculus (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi T. dyali Kumari & Mittal, 1997 — India T. elongatus Stoliczka, 1869 — India T. galeatus Simon, 1909 — Vietnam T. ghesquierei Lessert, 1943 — Congo T. godavariae Reddy & Patel, 1992 — India T. gouluensis Peng, Yin & Kim, 2000 — China T. granulatus Karsch, 1880 — Southern Africa T. granulifrons Simon, 1906 — India, Sri Lanka T. guadahyrensis Keyserling, 1880 — Peru T. guangxicus Song & Zhu, 1995 — China T. hararinus Caporiacco, 1947 — Ethiopia T. hui Song & Zhu, 1995 — China T. hunanensis Peng, Yin & Kim, 2000 — China T. ilocanus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines T. iswadus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines T. italongus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines T. janinae Comellini, 1957 — Congo, Tanzania T. jocquei Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1988 — Malawi T. kalaharinus Lawrence, 1936 — Africa, Yemen T. katrajghatus Tikader, 1963 — India T. keralae Biswas & Roy, 2005 — India T. kitamurai Nakatsudi, 1943 — Ryukyu Islands T. kiwuensis Strand, 1913 — Central Africa T. kokiwadai Gajbe, 2004 — India T. krishnae Reddy & Patel, 1992 — India T. labefactus Karsch, 1881 — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan T. laglaizei Simon, 1877 — Myanmar, Philippines, Java, Sumatra T. lamperti Strand, 1907 — Madagascar

T. leucaspis Simon, 1906 — India, New Caledonia T. litoris Strand, 1913 — Central Africa T. lobosus Tikader, 1965 — India T. ludhianaensis Kumari & Mittal, 1997 — India T. machadoi Comellini, 1959 — Angola, Cape Verde Islands, South Africa T. madagascariensis Comellini, 1957 — Madagascar T. madagascariensis pallidus Comellini, 1957 — Madagascar T. manishae Gajbe, 2005 — India T. manjuae Gajbe, 2005 — India T. marginifrons Schenkel, 1963 — China T. meenae Gajbe, 2005 — India T. melanostethus Simon, 1909 — Vietnam T. mimae Sen & Basu, 1963 — India T. modestus Blackwall, 1870 — Italy T. natalensis Lawrence, 1942 — Southern Africa T. nepenthiphilus Fage, 1930 — Sumatra T. nirmali Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007 — India T. nossibeensis Strand, 1907 — Madagascar T. obscuratus Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa T. obtusesetulosus Roewer, 1961 — Senegal T. ochraceus Walckenaer, 1842 — Algeria T. odiosus O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 — Mexico T. okinawensis Strand, 1907 — Thailand to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Indonesia T. onustus Walckenaer, 1805 — Palearctic T. onustus meridionalis Strand, 1907 — North Africa T. oscitans Walckenaer, 1837 — USA T. pateli Gajbe, 2004 — India T. pathaki Gajbe, 2004 — India T. penicillatus Simon, 1909 — Vietnam T. perspicillatus (Thorell, 1890) — Borneo, Sulawesi T. pooneus Tikader, 1965 — India T. pritiae Gajbe, 2005 — India T. projectus Tikader, 1960 — India T. pugilis Stoliczka, 1869 — India T. purpuratus Walckenaer, 1837 — USA T. rajani Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 — India T. retirugus Simon, 1909 — Vietnam T. rigoratus Simon, 1906 — India T. rishus Tikader, 1970 — India T. roeweri Comellini, 1957 — Tanzania T. schoutedeni Comellini, 1957 — Congo T. schultzei Simon, 1910 — Southern Africa T. scrupeus (Simon, 1886) — Africa T. shillongensis Sen, 1963 — India T. shivajiensis Tikader, 1965 — India T. sikkimensis Tikader, 1962 — India T. simoni Gajbe, 2004 — India T. socotrensis Dippenaar-Schoeman & van Harten, 2007 — Socotra T. sorajaii Basu, 1963 — India T. spectabilis Doleschall, 1859 — India to Australia T. spiculosus Pocock, 1901 — West, Central, Southern Africa T. stenningi Pocock, 1900 — Africa, Yemen T. stigmatisatus Walckenaer, 1837 — USA T. stoliczkai (Thorell, 1887) — Myanmar T. sundari Gajbe & Gajbe, 2001 — India T. swatowensis Strand, 1907 — China T. tetricus Simon, 1890 — Yemen T. transversus Fox, 1937 — China T. trigonus Giebel, 1869 — Germany T. tripunctatus Lucas, 1858 — West Africa T. tuberculatus Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan T. turgidus Walckenaer, 1837 — USA T. unidentatus Dippenaar-Schoeman & van Harten, 2007 — Yemen T. venulatus Walckenaer, 1842 — Algeria T. viveki Gajbe, 2004 — India T. vulnerabilis Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Myanmar T. whitakeri Gajbe, 2004 — India T. yemensis Dippenaar-Schoeman & van Harten, 2007 — Yemen T. zhui Tang & Song, 1988 — China T. zuluanus Lawrence, 1942 — South Africa T. zyuzini Marusik & Logunov, 1990 — Saudi Arabia to Central Asia

References

• Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
• Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.