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Genus: Angaeus Thorell, 1881 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Angaeus christae Benjamin, 2013

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045810

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Described:

Distribution: Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra)

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Holotype: Naturalis, National Museum of Natural History (RMNH), Leiden, Netherlands m (ARA.15917) - (Benjamin, 2013)

Taxonomic References

Angaeus christae Benjamin, 2013: 74, f. 3A-B, E, 5A-D (Dmf) Original description

Angaeus christae Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025a: 208, f. 1A-F, 2A-B (m)

References

Benjamin, S. P. (2013). On the crab spider genus Angaeus Thorell, 1881 and its junior synonym Paraborboropactus Tang and Li, 2009 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 3635: 71-80. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.7 -- Show included taxa

Dhiya'ulhaq, N. U., Benjamin, S. P., Buchori, D., Hidayat, P., Scheu, S. & Drescher, J. (2025a). Expanding the taxonomy of crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae) in Sumatra: a new genus, five new species, and regional records. ZooKeys 1241: 205-246. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1241.148348 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-06-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025a
2025-06-14	Species distribution update	Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025a	Old value