Thomisops
Genus of spiders
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Thomisops is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1879 by Ferdinand Karsch. As of 2025[update], it contains eight species from Africa, and two from China.[1]
| Thomisops | |
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| T. sulcatus in South Africa | |
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| T. bullatus in South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Thomisops Karsch[1] |
| Type species | |
| Thomisops pupa | |
| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Name
The genus name is a combination of the crab spider genus Thomisus and Ancient Greek ὤψ (ops) "eye".
Species
T. senegalensis from South Africa
T. pupa from Zimbabwe
T. granulatus from South Africa
As of September 2025[update], Thomisops comprises the following species:[1]
- Thomisops altus Tang & Li, 2010 – China
- Thomisops bullatus Simon, 1895 – Southern Africa
- Thomisops cretaceus Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast, Cameroon
- Thomisops granulatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 – South Africa
- Thomisops lesserti Millot, 1942 – West, Central, Southern Africa
- Thomisops melanopes Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 – South Africa
- Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879 – Africa
- Thomisops sanmen Song, Zhang & Zheng, 1992 – China
- Thomisops senegalensis Millot, 1942 – West, Central, Southern Africa
- Thomisops sulcatus Simon, 1895 – Africa
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