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Genus: Tmarus Simon, 1875 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Tmarus vertumus Chickering, 1966

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031742

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Described:

Distribution: Puerto Rico, Anguilla?

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m - (Chickering, 1966)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA mm ff - (Chickering, 1966)

Taxonomic References

Tmarus vertumus Chickering, 1966: 238, f. 12-15 (Dmf) Original description

Tmarus cf. vertumus Sherwood et al., 2026c: 28, f. 17F-H (f)

References

Chickering, A. M. (1966). Five new species of the genus Tmarus (Araneae, Thomisidae) from the West Indies. Psyche, Cambridge 72(3, 1965): 229-240. doi: 10.1155/1965/849804 -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Mukhida, F., Connor, R. A., Hughes, G., Carter, D., Curtis, I., Hochart, J., Gumbs, K., Gumbs, J. C., Buckmire, Z., Morrishaw, Z., Child, N. & Bosquet, I. V. (2026c). New data on the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Anguilla, Lesser Antilles with description of seven new species. Faunitaxys 14(22): 1-30. doi: 10.57800/faunitaxys-14(22) -- 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
2026-03-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026c
2026-03-19	Type repository inserted	Chickering, 1966
2026-03-19	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026c	Old value
2021-09-13	Species updated		Old value	Error corrected