''Bassaniodes'' is a

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that was first described by

Reginald Innes Pocock Reginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist. Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward ...

in 1903.

Species

it contains thirty-nine species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Europe, and Asia: *'' Bassaniodes adzharicus'' (Mcheidze, 1971) – Georgia *'' Bassaniodes anatolicus'' (Demir, Aktaş & Topçu, 2008) –

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*'' Bassaniodes blagoevi'' Naumova, 2020 –

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*'' Bassaniodes bliteus'' ( Simon, 1875) – Mediterranean *'' Bassaniodes bufo'' (Dufour, 1820) – Mediterranean *'' Bassaniodes canariensis'' (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is. *'' Bassaniodes caperatoides'' (Levy, 1976) –

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Bassaniodes caperatus ''Bassaniodes'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1903. Species it contains thirty-nine species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Europe, and Asia: *'' Bassaniodes adzharicus'' (Mcheidze, 1971) � ...

'' (Simon, 1875) – Mediterranean, Turkey, Ukrain,

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) *'' Bassaniodes clavulus'' (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is. *'' Bassaniodes cribratus'' (Simon, 1885) – Mediterranean, Russia (

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), Turkey, Caucasus,

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*'' Bassaniodes dolpoensis'' (Ono, 1978) –

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, China *'' Bassaniodes egenus'' (Simon, 1886) –

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Bassaniodes falx ''Bassaniodes'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1903. Species it contains thirty-nine species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Europe, and Asia: *'' Bassaniodes adzharicus'' (Mcheidze, 1971) � ...

'' (Wunderlich, 2022) – Canary Is. *'' Bassaniodes ferus'' (

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, 1876) –

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, Israel *'' Bassaniodes fienae'' (Jocqué, 1993) –

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*'' Bassaniodes fuerteventurensis'' (Wunderlich, 1992) – Canary Is. *'' Bassaniodes graecus'' (

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, Russia (Europe), Turkey, Israel,

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*'' Bassaniodes grohi'' (Wunderlich, 1992) – Madeira *'' Bassaniodes hariaensis'' (Wunderlich, 2022) – Canary Is. *'' Bassaniodes lalandei'' ( Audouin, 1826) – Mediterranean,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

*'' Bassaniodes lanzarotensis'' (Wunderlich, 1992) – Canary Is., Savage Is. *'' Bassaniodes loeffleri'' ( Roewer, 1955) – Greece, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran,

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, Central Asia *'' Bassaniodes madeirensis'' (Wunderlich, 1992) – Madeira *'' Bassaniodes obesus'' ( Thorell, 1875) – Ukraine, Russia (Europe) *'' Bassaniodes ovadan'' (Marusik & Logunov, 1995) –

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*'' Bassaniodes ovcharenkoi'' (Marusik & Logunov, 1990) – Central Asia *'' Bassaniodes pinocorticalis'' (Wunderlich, 1992) – Canary Is. *'' Bassaniodes pseudorectilineus'' (Wunderlich, 1995) – Greece, Turkey *'' Bassaniodes rectilineus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) –

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

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, Israel, Iran *'' Bassaniodes robustus'' ( Hahn, 1832) – Europe to Central Asia *'' Bassaniodes sardiniensis'' (Wunderlich, 1995) –

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) *'' Bassaniodes sinaiticus'' (Levy, 1999) – Egypt *''

Bassaniodes socotrensis ''Bassaniodes'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1903. Species it contains thirty-nine species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Europe, and Asia: *'' Bassaniodes adzharicus'' (Mcheidze, 1971) � ...

'' Pocock, 1903 (

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Socotra Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the ''de facto'' control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen’s ...

) *'' Bassaniodes squalidus'' (Simon, 1883) – Canary Is., Madeira *'' Bassaniodes tenebrosus'' (Šilhavý, 1944) – East Mediterranean **'' Bassaniodes t. ohridensis'' (Šilhavý, 1944) – North Macedonia *'' Bassaniodes tristrami'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, Middle East *'' Bassaniodes turlan'' (Marusik & Logunov, 1990) – Central Asia *'' Bassaniodes ulkan'' (Marusik & Logunov, 1990) – Russia (Europe),

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*'' Bassaniodes xizangensis'' (Tang & Song, 1988) – China

Species

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