Pherecydes
Pherecydes tuberculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Pherecydes
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883[1]
Type species
P. tuberculatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883
Species

8, see text

Pherecydes is a genus of African crab spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1883.[2]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains eight species:[1]

  • Pherecydes carinae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980 — South Africa
  • Pherecydes ionae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980 — Tanzania
  • Pherecydes livens Simon, 1895 — Tunisia
  • Pherecydes lucinae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980 — South Africa
  • Pherecydes nicolaasi Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980 — South Africa
  • Pherecydes tuberculatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883 — South Africa, Lesotho
  • Pherecydes zebra Lawrence, 1927 — West, Southern Africa
    • Pherecydes z. tropicalis Millot, 1942 — Burkina Faso

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Pherecydes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1883). "On some new genera and species of spiders". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 51 (3): 352–365. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1883.tb06654.x.


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