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THOMISIDAE RECORDED FROM MADAGASCAR

By V. D. Roth, D. Silva Davila, D. Ubick, and C. E. Griswold

(complete synonymies and references at Platnick, N. I. 2003.
The world spider catalog, version 3.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at:
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/index.html)



THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833

Apyretina Strand, 1929
m catenulata (Simon, 1903)....................Madagascar
  Apyre c. Simon, 1903b: 135 (Dm).

f nigra (Simon, 1903)....................Madagascar
  Apyre n. Simon, 1903b: 134 (Df).

f pentagona (Simon, 1895) *....................Madagascar
  Apyre p. Simon, 1895a: 974, f. 1044-1045 (Df).
  A. p. Strand, 1929: 13 (generic replacement name).

m quinquenotata (Simon, 1903)....................Madagascar
  Apyre q. Simon, 1903b: 135 (Dm).

f tessera (Simon, 1903)....................Madagascar
  Apyre t. Simon, 1903b: 135 (Df).

Cynathea Simon, 1895
f rutenbergi (Karsch, 1881)....................Madagascar
  Runcinia r. Karsch, 1881h: 194 (Df).
  Cyriogonus r. Lessert, 1919: 170.
  C. r. Roewer, 1955c: 831.

j vinsoni (Thorell, 1875)....................Madagascar
  Misumena vinsonii Thorell, 1875e: 146 (Dj).
  Cyriogonus v. Lessert, 1919: 171.
  C. v. Roewer, 1955c: 831.

Cyriogonus Simon, 1886
m fuscitarsis Strand, 1908....................Madagascar
  C. f. Strand, 1908f: 472 (Dm).

f lactifer Simon, 1886 *....................Madagascar
  C. l. Simon, 1886b: 176 (Df).

f simoni Lenz, 1891....................Madagascar
  C. s. Lenz, 1891: 166, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df).

j triquetrus Simon, 1886....................Madagascar
  C. t. Simon, 1886b: 177 (Dj).

Diaea Thorell, 1869
m nakajimai Ono, 1993....................Madagascar
  D. n. Ono, 1993a: 61, f. 6-8 (Dm).

Diplotychus Simon, 1903
j longulus Simon, 1903 *....................Madagascar
  D. l. Simon, 1903l: 124 (Dj).

Emplesiogonus
Simon, 1903
m scutulatus Simon, 1903....................Madagascar
  E. s. Simon, 1903b: 133 (Dm).

f striatus Simon, 1903 *....................Madagascar
  E. s. Simon, 1903l: 123 (Df).

Firmicus
Simon, 1895
mf bimaculatus (Simon, 1886)....................Madagascar
  Synaema bimaculatum Simon, 1886b: 181 (Df).
  F. b. Simon, 1895a: 1036.
  Synaema bimaculatum Dahl, 1907a: 382, 393 (Dm).

Geraesta Simon, 1889
m bilobata Simon, 1897....................Madagascar
  G. b. Simon, 1897a: 7, f. 5 (Dm).

j hirta Simon, 1889 *....................Madagascar
  G. h. Simon, 1889b: 225 (Dj).
  G. h. Simon, 1897a: 7, f. 3-4 (j).

Herbessus Simon, 1903
mf decorsei Simon, 1903 *....................Madagascar
  H. d. Simon, 1903b: 136 (Dmf).
  H. d. Simon, 1903a: 1013, f. 1115-1117 (m).

Iphoctesis Simon, 1903
f echinipes Simon, 1903 *....................Madagascar
  I. e. Simon, 1903l: 124 (Df).

Lampertia Strand, 1907
f pulchra Strand, 1907 *....................Madagascar
  L. p. Strand, 1907d: 733 (Df).
  L. p. Strand, 1907o: 65 (Df).

Phrynarachne Thorell, 1869
N.B. undetermined sp. Legendre 1972: 436, f. 4 is a sparassid.
f clavigera Simon, 1903....................Madagascar
  P. c. Simon, 1903b: 137 (Df).

f pusiola Simon, 1903....................Madagascar
  P. p. Simon, 1903b: 137 (Df).

mf rugosa (Latreille, 1804) *....................West Africa, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius
  Thomisus rugosus Latreille, 1804a: 62 (D).
  Thomisus foka Vinson, 1863: 69, 303, pl. 14, f. 4 (Df).
  P. foka Thorell, 1875e: 144 (Dm)  
  P. r. Thorell, 1899: 75.

Plastonomus Simon, 1903
f octoguttatus Simon, 1903 *....................Madagascar
  P. o. Simon, 1903b: 134 (Df).

Pseudoporrhopis Simon, 1886
mf granum Simon, 1886 *....................Madagascar
  P. g. Simon, 1886b: 171 (Df).
  P. g. Simon, 1895a: 971, 973, f. 1043 (Dm).

Pyresthesis Butler, 1879
f laevis (Keyserling, 1877) *....................Madagascar
  Phrynarachne l. Keyserling, 1877b: 92, pl. 3, f. 5 (Df).
  P. cambridgii Butler, 1879a: 733, pl. 58, f. 6 (Df).
  P. l. Simon, 1895a: 1036 (S, omitted by Roewer).

Runcinia Simon, 1875
m oculifrons Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  R. o. Strand, 1907d: 734 (Dm).
  R. o. Strand, 1907o: 79 (Dm).

Soelteria Dahl, 1907
m nigra Dahl, 1907 *....................Madagascar
  S. n. Dahl, 1907a: 376 (Dm).

Stephanopis O. P.-Cambridge, 1869
f octolobata Simon, 1886....................Madagascar
  S. o. Simon, 1886b: 170 (Df).

mf rhomboidalis Simon, 1886....................Madagascar
  S. r. Simon, 1886b: 169 (Dmf).

Synema Simon, 1864
mf hildebrandti Dahl, 1907....................Madagascar
  S. h. Dahl, 1907a: 379, 381, 394 (Dmf).

mf lunulatum Dahl, 1907....................Madagascar
  S. l. Dahl, 1907a: 384, 393 (Dmf).

m obscurifrons Dahl, 1907....................Madagascar
  S. o. Dahl, 1907a: 385, 393 (Dm).

m obscuripes Dahl, 1907....................Madagascar
  S. o. Dahl, 1907a: 379, 393 (Dm).

Tharrhalea L. Koch, 1875
j cerussata Simon, 1886....................Madagascar
  T. c. Simon, 1886b: 183 (Dj).

f semiargentea Simon, 1895....................Madagascar
  T. s. Simon, 1895b: 439 (Df).

f superpicta Simon, 1886....................Madagascar
  T. s. Simon, 1886b: 182 (Df).

Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805
m boesenbergi Lenz, 1891....................Madagascar
  T. b. Lenz, 1891: 165, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm).
  T. b. Comellini, 1957: 8, f. 11 (m).

mf lamperti Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  T. l. Strand, 1907d: 734 (Dmf).
  T. l. Strand, 1907o: 70 (Dmf).

m madagascariensis Comellini, 1957....................Madagascar
  T. m. Comellini, 1957: 17, f. 29-30 (Df).

f madagascariensis pallidus Comellini, 1957....................Madagascar
  T. m. pallida Comellini, 1957: 18 (Df).
  T. m. p. Brignoli, 1983c: 617.

f nossibeensis Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  T. n. Strand, 1907d: 734 (Df).
  T. n. Strand, 1907o: 75 (Df).

Trichopagis Simon, 1886
mf manicata Simon, 1886 *....................Gabon, Guinea, South Africa, Madagascar
  T. m. Simon, 1886b: 185 (Dj).
  T. m. Simon, 1895a: 1043, f. 1088-1089 (Df).
  T. m. Millot, 1942: 62, f. 29 (f, Dm).

Xysticus C. L. Koch, 1835
f hepaticus Simon, 1903....................Madagascar
  X. h. Simon, 1903b: 135 (Df).


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