- Thomisus
image_caption = female "Thomisus onustus" fromSwitzerland
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
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 ofcrab spider s (family Thomisidae) with more than 100 species and an almost worldwide distribution, with the notable exception of most ofSouth America Platnick 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 fromNew Guinea toAustralia and theNew World . Only "T. guadahyrensis" is found inSouth America , and only inPeru .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".
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