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. Thomisops Karsch, 1879 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02776

Transferred to other genera:

Thomisops crassiceps Strand, 1913 -- see Holopelus

In synonymy:

Thomisops eremita Lawrence, 1952 = Thomisops lesserti Millot, 1942 (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 322)

Thomisops nigroannulatus Lawrence, 1942 = Thomisops sulcatus Simon, 1895 (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 323)

Thomisops pusio Karsch, 1879 = Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879 (Lessert, 1933: 116)

Thomisops vastus (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895, T from Thomisus) = Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879 (Lessert, 1933: 116)

Thomisops altus Tang & Li, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043024

Thomisops altus Tang & Li, 2010a: 60, f. 48A-D, 49A-B (Df) Original description

Thomisops bullatus Simon, 1895 | | Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031393

Thomisops bullatus Simon, 1895b: 435 (Df) Original description

Thomisops bullatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 326, f. 19-22 (f, Dm)

Thomisops bullatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020w: 31, 30: 1 f., 31: 5 f. (mf)

Thomisops bullatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2024: 18, f. 44-48 (mf)

Thomisops cretaceus Jézéquel, 1964 | | Ivory Coast, Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031394

Thomisops cretaceus Jézéquel, 1964c: 1118, f. 19a-b (Df) Original description

Thomisops cretaceus Jézéquel, 1966: 627, f. 18a-b (Dm)

Thomisops cretaceus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 329, f. 28 (f)

Thomisops granulatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 | | Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031395

Thomisops granulatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 325, f. 15-18 (Dmf) Original description

Thomisops granulatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020w: 32, 6 f. (mf)

Thomisops granulatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2024: 18, f. 50-54 (mf)

Thomisops lesserti Millot, 1942 | | Senegal, Guinea, DR Congo, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031396

Thomisops lesserti Millot, 1942: 32, f. 14J-K (Df) Original description

Thomisops eremita Lawrence, 1952b: 12, f. 7a-c (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058070]

Thomisops lesserti Jézéquel, 1964c: 1117, f. 17-18 (f, Dm)

Thomisops lesserti Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 322, f. 7-10 (mf, S of Thomisops eremita)

Thomisops lesserti Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020w: 33, 30: 1 f., 33: 6 f. (mf)

Thomisops lesserti Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2024: 18, f. 56-59 (mf)

Thomisops melanopes Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031397

Thomisops melanopes Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 329, f. 29 (Dm) Original description

Thomisops melanopes Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020w: 34, 3 f. (m)

Thomisops melanopes Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2024: 19, f. 61-63 (m)

Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879 | | Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031398

Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879b: 375 (Df) Original description

Thomisops pusio Karsch, 1879b: 376 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058072]

Thomisus vastus Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895: 33, pl. 1, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058073]

Thomisops pusio Simon, 1895a: 1003, f. 1071

Thomisops pupa Thorell, 1899: 72 (f)

Thomisops pupa Lessert, 1933: 116, f. 33-34 (m, S of Thomisops pusio and Thomisus vastus)

Thomisops pupa Millot, 1942: 29, f. 14A-G (mf)

Thomisops pupa Lawrence, 1942: 149, f. 6a-b (f)

Thomisops pupa Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 327, f. 1-3, 23-25 (mf)

Thomisops pupa Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020w: 35, 30: 1 f., 35: 4 f., 36: 2 f. (mf)

Thomisops pupa Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2024: 19, f. 64-67 (mf)

Thomisops sanmen Song, Zhang & Zheng, 1992 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031399

Thomisops sanmen Song, Zhang & Zheng, 1992: 88, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Thomisops sanmen Song & Zhu, 1997: 177, f. 124A-F (mf)

Thomisops sanmen Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 486, f. 276A, 282E, L (mf)

Thomisops senegalensis Millot, 1942 | | Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031400

Thomisops senegalensis Millot, 1942: 31, f. 14H-I (Df) Original description

Thomisops senegalensis Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 329, f. 26-27 (f, Dm)

Thomisops senegalensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020w: 37, 30: 1 f., 37: 4 f. (mf)

Thomisops senegalensis Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2024: 19, f. 69-72 (mf)

Thomisops sulcatus Simon, 1895 | | Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031401

Thomisops sulcatus Simon, 1895b: 436 (Df) Original description

Thomisops nigroannulatus Lawrence, 1942: 150, f. 6c-d (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058071]

Thomisops sulcatus Millot, 1947b: 314, f. 1-4 (Dm)

Thomisops sulcatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989b: 323, f. 11-14 (mf, S of Thomisops nigroannulatus)

Thomisops sulcatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020w: 38, 30: 1 f., 38: 4 f. (mf)

Thomisops sulcatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2024: 19, f. 74-77 (mf)