Strigoplus
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| Strigoplus | |
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| S. guizhouensis from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Strigoplus Simon[1] |
| Type species | |
| Strigoplus albostriatus | |
| Species | |
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Strigoplus is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1885 by French arachnologist Eugène Simon in his work "Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique de l'Asie méridionale".[2] As of 2025[update], it contains five species from Asia.[1]
Based on Simon's original description, Strigoplus spiders are characterized by having a relatively short and wide cephalothorax compared to the length. The posterior eyes are arranged in a moderately recurved line, with the median eyes nearly equidistant from each other and much closer together than the lateral eyes. The anterior eyes are arranged in a slightly recurved line, with the median eyes much smaller and closer together than the lateral eyes.[2]
The clypeus area is about as wide as long, constricted and depressed at the base below the eyes, then thickened and slightly projecting forward, with a wide anterior margin. The chelicerae are short, and the apical portions are strongly acute. Both labial and maxillary parts are strongly acute.[2]