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Tomis (spider)
''Tomis'' is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by F.O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. The genus ''Pseudattulus'', erected by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947, was formerly considered distinct with two species, but was placed in synonymy in 2020 when ''Tomis'' was re-separated from ''Sitticus'' (now '' Attulus''). Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species: *'' Tomis beieri'' (Caporiacco, 1955) (syn. ''Pseudattulus beieri'') – Venezuela *'' Tomis canus'' Galiano, 1977 (syn. ''Sitticus canus'') – Peru *'' Tomis kratochvili'' (Caporiacco, 1947) (syn. ''Pseudattulus kratochvili'') – Venezuela, Guyana *'' Tomis manabita'' W. Maddison, 2020 – Ecuador *'' Tomis mazorcanus'' (Chamberlin, 1920) (syn. ''Sitticus mazorcanus'') – Peru *'' Tomis mona'' (Bryant, 1947) – Puerto Rico *'' Tomis palpalis'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (3 November 1860 – 9 February 1905) was an English arachnologist. He is sometimes confused with his uncle, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917), who was also an arachnologist and from whom F. O. Pickard-Cambridge picked up his enthusiasm for the study of spiders. Life F. O. Pickard-Cambridge was born in Warmwell, Dorset, where his father was rector. He became a curate at St Cuthbert's church in Carlisle for a few years after having been educated at Sherborne School and Exeter College, Oxford. He left to become a professional biological illustrator, and in 1894–1895 spent several months in the Amazon as a naturalist on board the SS ''Faraday''. He found much of interest on his voyage and began writing papers in 1896 to describe the spiders he discovered. He had a promising career ahead of him, but this promise was not to be fulfilled. Bristowe, writing in the book ''British Spiders'', 1951, said of this time in F. O. Pickard-Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |