Thomisus

Taxobox
name = "Thomisus"

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image_caption = female "Thomisus onustus" from Switzerland
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Thomisidae
subfamilia =
genus = "Thomisus"
genus_authority = Walckenaer, 1805
diversity_link = List of Thomisidae species#Thomisus
diversity = 136 species
type_species = "Thomisus onustus"
type_species_authority = Walckenaer, 1805
range_

range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "T. kitamurai"
"T. labefactus"
"T. okinawensis"
"T. onustus"
"T. spectabilis"
"many more, see text"

"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 AmericaPlatnick 2008] .

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.Murphy & Murphy 2000] __TOC__

Distribution

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.

pecies

Footnotes

References

* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".