Biology:Firmicus (spider)
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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: | Firmicus Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| F. bragantinus (Brito Capello, 1866)
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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, 1947 – East 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, 1895 – Spain , 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, 1899 – Egypt, 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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5241298 entry
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