Biology:Firmicus (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Firmicus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Firmicus
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
F. bragantinus
(Brito Capello, 1866)
Species

17, see text

Firmicus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.[2]

Species

(As of September 2020) it contains seventeen species and two subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Spain , and France :[1]

  • Firmicus abnormis (Lessert, 1923)South Africa
  • Firmicus arushae Caporiacco, 1947East Africa
  • Firmicus aurantipes Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast
  • Firmicus biguttatus Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
  • Firmicus bimaculatus (Simon, 1886)Madagascar
  • Firmicus bipunctatus Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
  • Firmicus bivittatus Simon, 1895Spain , France , Algeria
  • Firmicus bragantinus (Brito Capello, 1866) (type) – West Africa, Congo, Angola, Sudan
  • Firmicus campestratus Simon, 1907 – West Africa, Congo
    • Firmicus c. faradjensis (Lessert, 1928) – Congo
    • Firmicus c. ogoueensis Simon, 1907 – Congo
  • Firmicus dewitzi Simon, 1899Egypt, Israel, Iran
  • Firmicus duriusculus Simon, 1903 – Vietnam
  • Firmicus haywoodae Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast
  • Firmicus insularis (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles
  • Firmicus lentiginosus (Simon, 1886)Africa
  • Firmicus paecilipes Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
  • Firmicus strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
  • Firmicus werneri Simon, 1906 – Uganda

In synonymy:

  • F. marginatus Simon, 1897 = Firmicus insularis (Blackwall, 1877)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Firmicus Simon, 1895. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3627. Retrieved 2020-10-10. 
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 

Further reading

  • Lessert, R. de (1919). "Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Mérou (suite). 3. Thomisidae". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 27 (5): 99–234. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.36325. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/36325. 
  • Lessert, R. de (1943). "Araignées du Congo Belg (III)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 50: 305–338. 
  • Benoit, P. L. G. (1978). "Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Thomisidae (Araneae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine 92: 899–901. 
  • Caporiacco, L. di (1947). "Arachnida Africae Orientalis, a dominibus Kittenberger, Kovács et Bornemisza lecta, in Museo Nationali Hungarico servata". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 40: 97–257. 
  • Caporiacco, L. di (1940). "Aracnidi raccolte nella Reg. dei Laghi Etiopici della Fossa Galla". Atti della Reale Accademia d'Italia 11: 767–873. 

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