Biology:Pycnaxis

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Pycnaxis
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T. truciformis, male
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T. truciformis, female
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Pycnaxis
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
Pycnaxis guttata
Species

7, see text.

Pycnaxis is a genus of Asian crab spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] They are endemic to eastern Asia from China to the Philippines.<ren name=NMBE />

Species

(As of 2017) it contains seven species:[1]

  • Pycnaxis guttata Simon, 1895 - Philippines
  • Pycnaxis krakatauensis (Bristowe, 1931) - Krakatau
  • Pycnaxis lamellaris (Tang & Li, 2010) - China
  • Pycnaxis nigrostriata (Simon, 1886) - Vietnam
  • Pycnaxis onoi (Zhang, Zhu & Tso, 2006) - Taiwan
  • Pycnaxis truciformis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) - China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
  • Pycnaxis tumida (Tang & Li, 2010) - China

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Thomisidae". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3705. Retrieved 2019-03-08. 
  2. Simon, E. (1895). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39: 432–443. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18092511 entry