Biology:Demogenes
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Demogenes Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
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Demogenes is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.[3]
Species
(As of August 2020) it contains five species, found on Vanuatu, in Papua New Guinea, and on the Andaman Islands:[1]
- Demogenes andamanensis (Tikader, 1980) – India (Andaman Is.)
- Demogenes conivulvus (Balogh, 1936) – New Guinea
- Demogenes heterophthalmus (Berland, 1938) – Vanuatu
- Demogenes lugens (Thorell, 1881) (type) – New Guinea
- Demogenes simplicibulbis (Balogh, 1936) – New Guinea
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Demogenes Simon, 1895". Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3612. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
- ↑ Lehtinen, P. T. (2016). "Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s.lat. and Stiphropodidae)". Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 151.
- ↑ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
Further reading
- Balogh, J. I. (1936). "Neue Spinnen aus Neu-Guinea". Zoologischer Anzeiger 113: 237–244.
- Lehtinen, P. T. (2004), "Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions", European Arachnology 2003 (Proceedings of the 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St
- Tikader, B. K. (1980). "Thomisidae (Crab-spiders)". Fauna India 1: 1–247.
- Chrysanthus, P. (1964). "Spiders from south New Guinea VI". Nova Guinea, Zoology 28: 87–104.
Wikidata ☰ Q5308912 entry
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