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.

In synonymy:

Gelotopoeus Karsch, 1886 = Platythomisus Doleschall, 1859 (Lessert, 1919: 189)

Gen. Platythomisus Doleschall, 1859 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02737

type Thomisus octomaculatus C. L. Koch, 1845; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Gelotopoeus Karsch, 1886c: 95 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06324] (type G. scytodimorphus Karsch, 1886) by Lessert, 1919: 189.

Transferred to other genera:

Platythomisus bazarus Tikader, 1970 -- see Epidius

Platythomisus striatipes van Hasselt, 1882 -- see Camaricus

In synonymy:

Platythomisus phryniformis Doleschall, 1859 = Platythomisus octomaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1845) (Simon, 1895a: 1016)

Platythomisus deserticola Lawrence, 1936 | | Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031018

Platythomisus desericolus Lawrence, 1936: 154, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Platythomisus deserticola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 45, 45: 2 f., 46: 5 f. (f)

Platythomisus heraldicus Karsch, 1878 | | Tanzania (Zanzibar) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031019

Platythomisus heraldicus Karsch, 1878b: 315 (Df) Original description

Platythomisus heraldicus Simon, 1895a: 1016, f. 1077 (f)

Platythomisus insignis Pocock, 1900 | | Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031020

Platythomisus insignis Pocock, 1900g: 882, pl. 58, f. 33 (Df) Original description

Platythomisus insignis Lessert, 1928: 318, f. 10 (f)

Platythomisus jubbi Lawrence, 1968 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031021

Platythomisus jubbi Lawrence, 1968: 118, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Platythomisus jubbi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 47, 45: 2 f., 47: 5 f. (f habitus)

Platythomisus jucundus Thorell, 1894 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031022

Platythomisus jucundus Thorell, 1894: 51 (Dm) Original description

Platythomisus nigriceps Pocock, 1900 | | Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031023

Platythomisus nigriceps Pocock, 1900g: 881, pl. 58, f. 32 (Df) Original description

Platythomisus nigriceps Millot, 1942: 34, f. 15C-D (f)

Platythomisus octomaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1845) | | Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031024 TYPE SPECIES

Thomisus 8-maculatus C. L. Koch, 1845: 55, f. 990 (Df) Original description

Platythomisus phryniformis Doleschall, 1859: 60, pl. 3, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065542]

Platythomisus octomaculatus van Hasselt, 1882: 42, pl. 3, f. 4 (f)

Platythomisus octomaculatus Simon, 1895a: 1016, f. 1076 (f, S of Platythomisus phryniformis)

Platythomisus octomaculatus Lin et al., 2019b: 75, f. 1A-C, 2A,C, 3A-B, 4A-D, 5A-B (Dm, f)

Platythomisus pantherinus Pocock, 1898 | | Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031025

Platythomisus pantherinus Pocock, 1898e: 445, pl. 13, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Platythomisus quadrimaculatus van Hasselt, 1882 | j | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031026

Platythomisus quadrimaculatus van Hasselt, 1882: 42, pl. 3, f. 5-6 (Dj) Original description

Platythomisus scytodimorphus (Karsch, 1886) | | DR Congo? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031027

Gelotopoeus scytodimorphus Karsch, 1886c: 96, pl. 3, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Platythomisus scytodimorphus Lessert, 1919: 189

Platythomisus sexmaculatus Simon, 1897 | j | Somalia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031028

Platythomisus sexmaculatus Simon, 1897f: 388 (Dj) Original description

Platythomisus sibayius Lawrence, 1968 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031029

Platythomisus sibayius Lawrence, 1968: 120, f. 4B (Df) Original description

Platythomisus sibayius Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 48, 3 f. (f habitus)

Platythomisus sudeepi Biswas, 1977 | | India, Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031030

Platythomisus sudeepi Biswas, 1977: 332, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Platythomisus sudeepi Tikader, 1980a: 172, f. 240-242 (f)

Platythomisus sudeepi Benjamin, Ileperuma Arachchi & Herath, 2016: 165, f. 1A-B, 2A-D, 3A-D, 4A-D (Dm, f)

Platythomisus sudeepi Yadav, Patil & Ismavel, 2017: 6, f. 4a-d (f)

Platythomisus xiandao Lin & Li, 2019 | | India, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051213

Platythomisus octomaculatus Yadav, Patil & Ismavel, 2017: 3, f. 1a-d, 2, 3a-b (f; misidentified per Lin et al., 2019b: 79)

Platythomisus xiandao Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2019b: 79, f. 1D-F, 2B,D, 3C-D, 4E-H, 5C-D (Dmf) Original description