Biology:Bassaniana

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Bassaniana
Bassaniana versicolor P1200852a.jpg
B. versicolor
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Bassaniana
Strand, 1928[1]
Type species
B. versicolor
(Keyserling, 1880)
Species

7, see text

Bassaniana, commonly called bark crab spiders, is a widespread genus of crab spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1928.[2]

Species

(As of November 2021) it contains seven species, found in Europe, Asia, and North America:[1]

In synonymy:

  • B. aemula ) = Bassaniana versicolor (Keyserling, 1880)
  • B. albomaculatus (Kulczyński, 1891) = Bassaniana baudueri (Simon, 1877)
  • B. japonicus (Simon, 1886) = Bassaniana decorata (Karsch, 1879)
  • B. pichoni (Schenkel, 1963) = Bassaniana decorata (Karsch, 1879)
  • B. typica (Kishida, 1913) = Bassaniana decorata (Karsch, 1879)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Bassaniana Strand, 1928. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3591. Retrieved 25 November 2021. 
  2. Strand, E. (1928). "Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica, I-II". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92 (A8): 30–75. 

Further reading

  • Bowling, T. A.; Sauer, R. J. (1975). "A taxonomic revision of the crab spider genus Coriarachne (Araneida, Thomisidae) for North America north of Mexico". Journal of Arachnology 2: 183–193. 
  • Gertsch, W. J. (1953). "The spider genera Xysticus, Coriarachne and Oxyptila (Thomisidae, Misumeninae) in North America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 102: 415–482. 
  • Ono, H. (1988). A revisional study of the spider family Thomisidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Japan. National Science Museum, Tokyo. pp. 252. 
  • Gertsch, W. J. (1939). "A revision of the typical crab spiders (Misumeninae) of America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 76: 277–442. 
  • Gertsch, W. J. (1932). "A new generic name for Coriarachne versicolor Keyserling, with new species". American Museum Novitates (563): 1–7. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q614891 entry