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Thomisidae (crab spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Thomisidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Thomisidae Sundevall
1890Thomisidae Scudder p. 56
1922Thomisidae Petrunkevitch
1967Thomisidites Straus p. 19
1967Thomisidites hercynicus Straus p. 19 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
2004Borboropactidae Wunderlich p. 1738
2013Thomisidae Dunlop et al. p. 178
2017Thomisidae Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyLycosoideaSundevall 1833
familyThomisidaeSundevall 1833
familyThomisidaeSundevall 1833

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Thomisidae Sundevall 1833 [crab spider]
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Subfm. Borboropactinae Wunderlich 2004
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G. Borboropactus Simon 1884
G. Coriarachne Thorell 1870
G. †Ecotona Lin et al. 1989
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Ecotona brunnea Zhang et al. 1994
Ecotona pilulifera Zhang et al. 1994
Ecotona transipeda Lin et al. 1989
G. †Facundia Petrunkevitch 1942
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Facundia clara Petrunkevitch 1942
G. †Fiducia Petrunkevitch 1950
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Fiducia tenuipes Petrunkevitch 1950
G. †Filiolella Petrunkevitch 1955
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Filiolella argentata Petrunkevitch 1942
Invalid names: Filiola Petrunkevitch 1942 [replaced]
G. †Heterotmarus Wunderlich 1988
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Heterotmarus altus Wunderlich 1988
G. †Komisumena Ono 1981
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Komisumena rosae Ono 1981
G. †Miothomisus Zhang et al. 1994
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Miothomisus subnudus Zhang et al. 1994
Miothomisus sylvaticus Zhang et al. 1994
G. Misumena Latreille 1804
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Misumena samlandica Petrunkevitch 1942
G. †Palaeoxysticus Wunderlich 1985
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Palaeoxysticus extinctus Wunderlich 1985
G. †Parvulus Zhang et al. 1994
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Parvulus latissimus Zhang et al. 1994
Subfm. Stephanopinae Pickard-Cambridge 1871
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G. †Succinaenigma Wunderlich 2004
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Succinaenigma raptor Wunderlich 2004
Tr. †Syphaxini Wunderlich 2015
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G. †Syphax Koch and Berendt 1854
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Syphax asper Petrunkevitch 1950
Syphax crassipes Petrunkevitch 1942
Syphax fuliginosus Koch and Berendt 1854
Syphax gracilis Koch and Berendt 1854
Syphax megacephalus Koch and Berendt 1854
Syphax secedens Wunderlich 2015
Syphax thoracicus Koch and Berendt 1854
G. Synema Simon 1864
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Synema enigmaticum Berland 1939
G. †Thomisiraptor Wunderlich 2004
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Thomisiraptor liedtkei Wunderlich 2004
G. Thomisus Walckenaer 1805
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Thomisus defossus Scudder 1890
Thomisus disjunctus Scudder 1890
Thomisus lividus Heer 1864
Thomisus resutus Scudder 1890
Thomisus sulzeri Heer 1864
G. Xysticus Koch 1835
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Xysticus annulipes Bertkau 1878
Xysticus archaeopalpus Leech and Matthews 1971
Xysticus oeningensis Heer 1864
Invalid names: Borboropactidae Wunderlich 2004 [synonym], Thomisidites Straus 1967 [nomen dubium], Thomisidites hercynicus Straus 1967 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Thomisidae indet. (35046)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Thomisidae indet. (164690)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Syphax megacephalus (120813) Syphax megacephalus, Syphax thoracicus, Syphax fuliginosus, Syphax gracilis, Syphax radiatus (109625) Syphax thoracicus, Syphax fuliginosus (120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Syphax megacephalus (149475) Thomisiraptor sp. (147606)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Syphax megacephalus (127625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Misumena samlandica (123493) Syphax asper, Fiducia tenuipes (124205) Syphax crassipes, Misumena samlandica, Facundia clara, Filiola argentata (123766) Syphax megacephalus (110735) Thomisidae indet. (201682) Thomisidae indet. 1, Thomisidae indet. 2, Thomisiraptor sp., Syphax megacephalus, Succiniraptor radiatus, Succiniraptor paradoxus, Thomisiraptor liedtkei, Succinaenigma raptor, Syphax secedens (124318) Thomisiraptor liedtkei (120812 124201)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Thomisus resutus, Thomisus disjunctus, Thomisus defossus (106384)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Synema enigmaticum (146907)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Xysticus annulipes (127628)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Thomisidae indet. (125758)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Ectona brunnea, Miothomisus subnudus (128552) Ectona pilulifera (138946) Miothomisus sylvaticus, Ectona transipeda (128551) Parvulus latissimus (138945)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Komisumena rosae (122474) Thomisidae indet., Heterotmarus altus (146557)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Palaeoxysticus extinctus (146880)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thomisus oeningensis, Thomisus lividus, Thomisus sulzeri (117252)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Xysticus sp. (123352)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Thomisidae indet., Thomisidites hercynicus (109196)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Italy Thomisidae indet. (153484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Wyoming) Coriarachne sp. (44952)