Tibellus

''Tibellus'' is a genus of slender crab spiders described by Simon in 1875, belonging to the order Araneae, family Philodromidae. Species of this genus are present in Eurasia, Africa, Americas and Australia.

Description

Adult members of this genus can reach of length and can mostly be encountered above the soil surface (epigeal organism) on low vegetation, foliage or herbaceous plants, where they actively pursue their preys, as they do not make webs. This genus, which includes active hunters, was once considered a subfamily within the sedentary 'crab spiders' ( Thomisidae species).

The basic color of the body is light brown or pale yellow. It is elongate and slender (hence the common name), the carapace ( prosoma) and the cylindrical abdomen ( opisthosoma) show a large brown stripe in the midline of the back. The long and thin legs are more or less equal in length and they usually are stretched out along grass stems or leaves, the first two pairs forwardly directed.

They generally have eight black equal-sized eyes in two horizontal rows of four each, with posterior median ones close to each other.

Species list

* ''Tibellus affinis'' O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 — Mexico
* ''Tibellus armatus'' Lessert, 1928 — Central, Southern Africa
* ''Tibellus asiaticus'' Kulczynski, 1908 — Russia, North America
* ''Tibellus aspersus'' Danilov, 1991 — Russia
* ''Tibellus australis'' (Simon, 1910) — Botswana
* ''Tibellus bruneitarsis'' Lawrence, 1952 — Zimbabwe, South Africa
* ''Tibellus californicus'' Schick, 1965 — USA
* ''Tibellus chamberlini'' Gertsch, 1933 — USA, Canada
* ''Tibellus chaturshingi'' Tikader, 1962 — India
* ''Tibellus chilensis'' Mello-Leitão, 1943 — Chile
* ''Tibellus cobusi'' Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 — East, Southern Africa
* ''Tibellus cucurbitus'' Yang, Zhu & Song, 2005 — China
* ''Tibellus demangei'' Jézéquel, 1964 — Ivory Coast, South Africa
* ''Tibellus duttoni'' (Hentz, 1847) — USA, Mexico
* ''Tibellus elongatus'' Tikader, 1960 — India
* ''Tibellus fengi'' Efimik, 1999 — Russia, China, Japan
* ''Tibellus flavipes'' Caporiacco, 1939 — East, Southern Africa
* ''Tibellus gerhardi'' Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 — East, Southern Africa
* ''Tibellus hollidayi'' Lawrence, 1952 — East, Southern Africa
* ''Tibellus insularis'' Gertsch, 1933 — Cuba
* ''Tibellus jabalpurensis'' Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 — India
* ''Tibellus japonicus'' Efimik, 1999 — Russia, China, Japan
* ''Tibellus katrajghatus'' Tikader, 1962 — India
* ''Tibellus kibonotensis'' Lessert, 1919 — East, Southern Africa
* ''Tibellus kimi'' Seong, 2013 — Korea, Republic of
* ''Tibellus macellus'' Simon, 1875 — Europe to Central Asia
** ''Tibellus macellus georgicus'' Mcheidze, 1997 — Georgia
* ''Tibellus maritimus'' (Menge, 1875) — Holarctic
* ''Tibellus minor'' Lessert, 1919 — Africa
* ''Tibellus nigeriensis'' Millot, 1942 — Sudan
* ''Tibellus nimbaensis'' Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 — Guinea-Bissau
* ''Tibellus oblongus'' (Walckenaer, 1802) — Holarctic
** ''Tibellus oblongus maculatus'' Caporiacco, 1950 — Italy
* ''Tibellus orientis'' Efimik, 1999 — Russia, China
* ''Tibellus paraguensis'' Simon, 1897 — Paraguay, Argentina
* ''Tibellus parallelus'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) — Palearctic
* ''Tibellus pashanensis'' Tikader, 1980 — India
* ''Tibellus pateli'' Tikader, 1980 — India
* ''Tibellus poonaensis'' Tikader, 1962 — India
* ''Tibellus propositus'' Roewer, 1951 — Yarkand
* ''Tibellus rothi'' Schick, 1965 — USA
* ''Tibellus septempunctatus'' Millot, 1942 — Guinea
* ''Tibellus seriepunctatus'' Simon, 1907 — Africa
* ''Tibellus shikerpurensis'' Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2003 — Bangladesh
* ''Tibellus somaliensis'' Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 — Somalia, Zimbabwe
* ''Tibellus spinosus'' Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1941 — Argentina
* ''Tibellus sunetae'' Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 — Southern Africa
* ''Tibellus tenellus'' (L. Koch, 1876) — Russia, China to Australia
* ''Tibellus utotchkini'' Ponomarev, 2008 — Russia
* ''Tibellus vitilis'' Simon, 1906 — India, Sri Lanka
* ''Tibellus vosseleri'' Strand, 1906 — Algeria
* ''Tibellus vossioni'' Simon, 1884 — Africa
* ''Tibellus zhui'' Tang & Song, 1989 — China

References

* A Van den Berg - A revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Tibellus Simon (Araneae: Philodromidae) - A. S A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman - Vol 37, No 1 (1994)
* L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz - The Families of Spiders Represented in the British Isles -
Philodromidae
* Michael J Roberts - The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland

External links

Bugguide

Boldsystems

Philodromidae
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders

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