World Spider Catalog

Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Includes Aphantochilidae as "a subfamily related to the Strophiinae" (Ono, 1988c: 217-218, after Homann, 1975: 184; see also Benjamin, 2011: 8 and Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 73). Separation of Borboropactidae Wunderlich, 2004 (Wunderlich, 2004m: 1738, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here. Lehtinen, 2016 splits the family into five families, i.e. Thomisidae s. str., Borboropactidae Wunderlich, 2004, Stephanopidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871, Stiphropidae Simon, 1886 [sub Stiphropodidae; for nomenclatural author and year see Simon, 1886b: 170] and Bomidae Simon, 1886 [for nomenclatural author and year see Simon, 1886b: 173]; because of lack of a phylogenetic analysis and partly unclear limitations this splitting is not accepted; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 518, f. 17-18.

Gen. Ebrechtella Dahl, 1907 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02664

type Ebrechtella fruhstorferi Dahl, 1907; gender feminine; syn. of Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877)

Transferred to other genera:

Ebrechtella forcipata (Song & Zhu, 1993) -- see Ebelingia

In synonymy:

Ebrechtella arcigera (Grube, 1861, T from Misumena) = Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775) (Ovtsharenko & Marusik, 1992: 71, sub Misumenops)

Ebrechtella delicatula (Walckenaer, 1802) = Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775) (Walckenaer, 1837: 531, sub Thomisus diana)

Ebrechtella diana (Walckenaer, 1802, T from Thomisus) = Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775) (Thorell, 1873: 539, sub Diaea)

Ebrechtella dierythra (Thorell, 1892, T from Misumenops) = Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877) (Lehtinen, 2004: 164)

Ebrechtella expallidata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885, T from Diaea) = Ebrechtella sufflava (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) (Lehtinen, 2004: 164)

Ebrechtella fruhstorferi Dahl, 1907 = Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877) (Lehtinen, 2004: 164)

Ebrechtella gamma (Chrysanthus, 1964, T from Misumena) = Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877) (Lehtinen, 2004: 164)

Ebrechtella hermanni (Hahn, 1821) = Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775) (Walckenaer, 1837: 531, sub Thomisus diana)

Ebrechtella inaurata (Olivier, 1789, T from Aranea) = Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775) (Simon, 1875a: 244, sub Misumena)

Ebrechtella maygitgitus (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995, T from Misumenops) = Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877) (Lehtinen, 2004: 164)

Ebrechtella pavesii (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873, T from Xysticus) = Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775) (Wunderlich, 1995F: 751, sub Misumenops)

Ebrechtella silveryi (Tikader, 1965, T from Misumena) = Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877) (Lehtinen, 2004: 164)

Ebrechtella subargentata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885, T from Misumenops) = Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877) (Lehtinen, 2004: 164)

Ebrechtella viatica (Fourcroy, 1785, T from Aranea) = Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775) (Simon, 1875a: 244, sub Misumena)

Ebrechtella wenensis (Zhu, Song & Tang, 1995, T from Misumenops) = Ebrechtella pseudovatia (Schenkel, 1936) (Song & Zhu, 1997: 141, sub Misumenops)

Ebrechtella concinna (Thorell, 1877) | | Pakistan to Philippines, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Sulawesi, New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030268 TYPE SPECIES

Diaea concinna Thorell, 1877b: 516 (Dm) Original description

Diaea subargentata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 65 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030731]

Misumena dierythra Thorell, 1892a: 92, 470 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030656]

Ebrechtella fruhstorferi Dahl, 1907a: 376 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030349]

Misumenops direythra Roewer, 1955c: 846 (lapsus)

Misumena gamma Chrysanthus, 1964: 99, f. 40, 48-50 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030546]

Misumena silveryi Tikader, 1965a: 281, f. 6a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030571]

Misumena silveryi Tikader, 1971a: 42, f. 12F-G (f)

Misumena silveryi Tikader, 1980a: 97, f. 136-137 (f)

Misumenops subargentatus Marusik, 1993b: 463, f. 15-18 (mf, T from Diaea)

Misumenops maygitgitus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 267, f. 156a-f (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030691]

Ebrechtella concinna Lehtinen, 2004: 164, f. 11, 42-45, 73 (mf, T from Diaea, S of Ebrechtella fruhstorferi, Misumena gamma, M. silveryi, Misumenops dierythra, M. maygitgitus and M. subargentatus)

Ebrechtella concinna Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2025: 3, f. 1A-C, 3H, 4A-B (mf, some synonyms may represent valid species)

Ebrechtella hongkong (Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030672

Misumenops hongkong Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997: 83, f. 4A-B (Dm) Original description

Misumenops hongkong Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 482, f. 279L (m)

Ebrechtella hongkong Lehtinen, 2004: 165 (T from Misumenops)

Ebrechtella juwangensis Seo, 2015 | | Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048115

Ebrechtella concinna Seo, 2009b: 36, f. 1-5 (mf; misidentified per Seo, 2015b: 113)

Ebrechtella juwangensis Seo, 2015b: 113, f. 1A-N (Dmf) Original description

Ebrechtella margaritacea (Simon, 1909) | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031294

Synema margaritaceum Simon, 1909e: 143 (Dmf) Original description

Ebrechtella margaritacea Lehtinen, 2004: 165 (T from Synema)

Ebrechtella nigripuncta Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2025 | | Indonesia (Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064433

Ebrechtella nigripuncta Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2025: 5, f. 1D-E, 2F, 3A-B, 4C-D, 5E (Dmf) Original description

Ebrechtella ornatissima Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2025 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064434

Ebrechtella ornatissima Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2025: 6, f. 1F-G , 2A, C, 3C, I-J, 5A-B (Dm) Original description

Ebrechtella patellamaculata Wunderlich, 2023 | | Portugal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059451

?Ebrechtella patellamaculata Wunderlich, 2023: 69, f. 166-170, photo 6 (Dm) Original description

Ebrechtella pseudovatia (Schenkel, 1936) | | Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030710

Misumena pseudovatia Schenkel, 1936b: 132, f. 48 (Dm; probably junior S of Henriksenia hilaris, see note there) Original description

Misumenops pseudovatius Zhu & Shi, 1985: 173, f. 154a-d (m, T from Misumena)

Misumenops pseudovatius Zhao, 1993: 361, f. 179a-b (m)

Misumenops wenensis Zhu, Song & Tang in Tang, Song & Zhu, 1995: 20, f. 5A-B (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059263]

Misumenops pseudovatius Zhao, 1995: 1078, f. 520a-b (m)

Misumenops pseudovatius Song & Zhu, 1997: 141, f. 101A-D (m, Df, S of Misumenops wenensis)

Misumenops pseudovatius Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 483, f. 279C, K (mf)

Misumenops pseudovatius Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 393, f. 259A-D (mf)

Ebrechtella pseudovatia Lehtinen, 2004: 165 (T from Misumenops)

Ebrechtella pseudovatia Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 440, f. 315A-D (mf)

Ebrechtella pseudovatia Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 278, f. 212A-F (mf)

Ebrechtella pseudovatia Benjamin & Ranasinghe, 2025: 8, f. 1H-I, 2B, D-E, 3D-G, 5C-D (m)

Ebrechtella sufflava (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030327

Diaea sufflava O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 63 (Dm) Original description

Misumena expallidata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 58 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030277]

Diaea expallidata Marusik, 1993b: 459, f. 7-8 (f, removed from S of Misumena vatia, rejecting Roewer, 1955c: 838)

Diaea sufflava Marusik, 1993b: 462, f. 13-14 (m)

Ebrechtella sufflava Lehtinen, 2004: 164 (T from Diaea, S of Diaea expallidata)

Ebrechtella timida (Thorell, 1887) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030576

Misumena timida Thorell, 1887: 281 (Df) Original description

Misumena timida Thorell, 1895b: 306 (Dm)

Ebrechtella timida Lehtinen, 2004: 165 (T from Misumena)

Ebrechtella timida Ono et al., 2026: 41, f. 8 (f)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030734

Aranea tricuspidata Fabricius, 1775: 433 (D) Original description

Aranea viatica Fourcroy, 1785: 531 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065710]

Aranea inaurata Olivier, 1789: 225 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065711]

Aranea tricuspidata Olivier, 1789: 233 (Df)

Aranea delicatula Walckenaer, 1802: 232 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065713]

Aranea diana Walckenaer, 1802: 232 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065712]

Thomisus diana Walckenaer, 1805: 30

Thomisus tricuspidatus Walckenaer, 1805: 32

Thomisus delicatulus Walckenaer, 1805: 32

Thomisus diana Hahn, 1821: 2, pl. 3, f. A (f)

Thomisus hermannii Hahn, 1821: 2, pl. 3, f. B (Df; f. sub hermanii) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065714]

Thomisus diana Hahn, 1832: 31, f. 26 (f)

Thomisus diana Walckenaer, 1837: 531 (Dm, S of Thomisus delicatulus and T. hermanni)

Thomisus arcigerus Grube, 1861: 173 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059261]

Diana delicata Simon, 1864: 433

Diaea tricuspidata Thorell, 1870b: 184

Diaea tricuspidata Thorell, 1873: 539 (S of Thomisus diana)

Xysticus pavesii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873g: 540, pl. 15, f. 8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059262]

Misumena tricuspidata Simon, 1875a: 244 (S of Aranea inaurata and A. viatica)

Diaea tricuspidata Menge, 1877: 456, pl. 76, f. 258 (mf)

Misumena tricuspidata Becker, 1882b: 211, pl. 22, f. 1 (mf)

Misumena tricuspidata Kulczyński, 1901a: 38, pl. 2, f. 36 (f)

Misumena tricuspidata Bösenberg, 1902: 365, pl. 34, f. 538 (mf)

Misumena tricuspidata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 254, pl. 10, f. 169-170 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Simon, 1932: 791, 869, f. 1157-1159 (mf)

Misumena tricuspidata Saito, 1934b: 275, pl. 14, f. 37 (mf)

Misumena tricuspidata Saito, 1936b: 7, 74, pl. 6 (f)

Misumena tricuspidata Saito, 1959: 127, f. 159a-j (mf)

Misumena tricuspidata Zhu & Wang, 1963c: 472, f. 24, 26 (mf)

Misumena tricuspidata Lee, 1966: 68, f. 25b-e (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidata Azheganova, 1968: 117, f. 253, 280 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Miller, 1971: 126, pl. XVI, f. 9-10 (mf)

Misumena tricuspidata Zhu, 1976: 30, f. 3, 5, 9, 11 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Paik & Namkung, 1979: 72, f. 57.1-2 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Song, 1980: 189, f. 104a-e (mf)

Misumena tricuspidata Wang, 1981: 134, f. 74A-D (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidalus Qiu, 1983: 94, f. 13.5a-c (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Hu, 1984: 319, f. 336.1-2 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Guo, 1985: 159, f. 2-88.1-3 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Zhu & Shi, 1985: 174, f. 155a-d (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Yaginuma, 1986a: 205, f. 114.3 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Song, 1987: 255, f. 210-212 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Zhang, 1987: 205, f. 177.1-3 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Ono, 1988c: 162, f. 169-174 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Hu & Wu, 1989: 337, f. 268.1-3 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Chikuni, 1989b: 137, f. 2 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Feng, 1990: 179, f. 154.1-5 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Ono, Marusik & Logunov, 1990: 15, f. 42-44 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Chen & Gao, 1990: 169, f. 215a-b (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Chen & Zhang, 1991: 267, f. 279.1-3 (f)

Misumenops tricuspidata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 472, f. 1238 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Ovtsharenko & Marusik, 1992: 71 (S of Misumena arcigera)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Song, Zhu & Li, 1993: 879, f. 51A-C (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Zhao, 1993: 362, f. 180a-d (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Danilov, 1993a: 62, f. 11 (m)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Barrion & Litsinger, 1994: 293, f. 1485-1488 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Roberts, 1995: 155, f. (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Zhao, 1995: 1079, f. 521a-d (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Wunderlich, 1995F: 751 (S of Xysticus pavesii)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Huber, 1995a: 155, f. 3A-B, 7A, 11 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Mcheidze, 1997: 142, f. 229-231 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Song & Zhu, 1997: 143, f. 102A-C, 103A-B (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Roberts, 1998: 164, f. (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 483, f. 14I, 279D, L (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Hu, 2001: 344, f. 207.1-3 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Kim & Gwon, 2001: 30, f. 36-39 (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 395, f. 260A-D (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Namkung, 2002: 518, f. 42.1a-b (mf)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Namkung, 2003: 521, f. 42.1a-b (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Lehtinen, 2004: 165, f. 30-31, 74 (Tmf from Misumenops)

Misumenops tricuspidatus Trotta, 2005: 177, f. 492-493 (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Demir et al., 2007: 88, f. 1-3, 5-6 (mf)

Misumenops trcuspidatus Kim, Jeong & Lee, 2007: 37, f. 2C (m, lapsus)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Lehtinen & Marusik, 2008: 173, f. 14-17, 26-28, 31, 34-35 (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Ono, 2009a: 525, f. 287-291 (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 442, f. 316A-D (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidatus Yin et al., 2012: 1282, f. 689a-e (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Kim & Lee, 2012a: 20, f. 8A-H, pl. 7-8 (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 90, 6 f. (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Wang, 2018a: 119, f. 24-2.A-F, pl. 24 (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Lecigne, 2020: 49, pl. 1F (f)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 283, f. 213A-F (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Kamio, 2025: 49, f. 9-10 (f)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata Baba & Himuro, 2026: 78, f. 24-25 (mf)

Ebrechtella tricuspidata concolor (Caporiacco, 1935) | | Pakistan (Karakorum) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030735

Misumena tricuspidata concolor Caporiacco, 1935b: 183 (Dmf) Original description

Ebrechtella xinjiangensis (Hu & Wu, 1989) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030741

Misumena xinjiangensis Hu & Wu, 1989: 333, f. 265.1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Misumenops xinjiangensis Song & Zhu, 1997: 147, f. 104A-E (mf, T from Misumena)

Misumenops xinjiangensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 483, f. 279M, 280F (mf)

Ebrechtella xinjiangensis Lehtinen, 2004: 165 (T from Misumenops)

Ebrechtella xinjie (Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030742

Misumenops xinjie Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997: 84, f. 5A-B (Dm) Original description

Misumenops xinjie Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 483, f. 280E (m)

Ebrechtella xinjie Lehtinen, 2004: 164 (T from Misumenops, may be a junior S of Ebrechtella concinna)