crab spiders
The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of th ...
that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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Runcinia acuminata
''Runcinia acuminata'' is a species of crab spiders.
Females reach a body length of about 10 mm, males less than 6 mm. They are often found in seeding heads of grasses, where the females build and camouflage their egg sacs. They mainly ...
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Australia
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Runcinia aethiops
''Runcinia'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former ''R. elongata'' is a synonym of ''Thomisus elongatus''.
Species
it contains thirty species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with ...
Runcinia albida
''Runcinia'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former ''R. elongata'' is a synonym of ''Thomisus elongatus''.
Species
it contains thirty species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with ...
Congo
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Runcinia bifrons
''Runcinia bifrons'' is a species of spiders of the genus ''Runcinia''. It is native to India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam
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Sri Lanka
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Runcinia carae
''Runcinia'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former ''R. elongata'' is a synonym of ''Thomisus elongatus''.
Species
it contains thirty species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with ...
Runcinia caudata
''Runcinia'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former ''R. elongata'' is a synonym of ''Thomisus elongatus''.
Species
it contains thirty species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with ...
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China
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Runcinia depressa
''Runcinia'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former ''R. elongata'' is a synonym of ''Thomisus elongatus''.
Species
it contains thirty species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with ...
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Runcinia disticta
''Runcinia'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former ''R. elongata'' is a synonym of ''Thomisus elongatus''.
Species
it contains thirty species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with ...
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Myanmar
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Sumatra
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Runcinia dubia
''Runcinia'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former ''R. elongata'' is a synonym of ''Thomisus elongatus''.
Species
it contains thirty species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with ...
Runcinia grammica
''Runcinia grammica'' (sometimes also referred to as ''Runcinia lateralis'') is a species of spiders of the genus ''Runcinia'', with a distribution of "Europa, Near East to Iran, Russia, Central Asia, China, Japan. Introduced to St. Helena, Sout ...
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type
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Runcinia oculifrons
''Runcinia'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former ''R. elongata'' is a synonym of ''Thomisus elongatus''.
Species
it contains thirty species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with a ...
O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
List of Thomisidae species
The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of thi ...