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Thomisus

Arachnida - Araneae - Thomisidae

Taxonomy
Thomisus was named by Walckenaer (1805). It is extant. It is the type genus of Thomisidae.

It was assigned to Thomisidae by Scudder (1890), Petrunkevitch (1922), Dunlop et al. (2013) and Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1805Thomisus Walckenaer
1890Thomisus Scudder p. 57
1922Thomisus Petrunkevitch
2013Thomisus Dunlop et al. p. 179
2017Thomisus 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
genusThomisusWalckenaer 1805

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.

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
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: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Sarmatian or 37.20000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) T. resutus, T. disjunctus, T. defossus (106384)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) T. lividus, T. sulzeri (117252)