Thomisus sp ABAKA
Female 5.5mm
6-9-2009 ABACCA
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The first and second pairs of legs are noticeably longer and thicker
than the last 2 pairs and are used for prey capture.
The abdomen is triangular in shape, being widest posteriorly. The lateral eyes are situated on tubercles. Thomisus is a sedentary spider and is usually noticed only when one sees a strangely positioned, usually upside down, insect and upon investigation, the insect can be seen to be in the grips of a spider. Thomisus waits for flying insects to settle, patient and motionless, with outstretched legs. She can detect them from 20mm and when within a range of 5-10mm, Thomisus closes her powerful front legs, catching the insect which can be up to 3 times her size. The insect is then bitten behind the head and killed. The insides are dissolved with enzymes and sucked from the exoskeleton and the empty, perfect form of the insect is dropped to the ground. After mating, she lays her eggs in a leaf curled much like an ice cream cone. She guards the eggs without eating and dies later leaving her offspring to disperse. |
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The most conspicuous genus in the family. Spiders are short and squat, ranging in size from 3-11mm. The glabrous integument (exoskeleton) is cryptically coloured, taking on the colour of its surroundings. |
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| Thomisus perspicillatus (Thorell, 1890) Borneo,
Sulawesi Thomisus callidus (Thorell, 1890) Sri Lanka, Singapore, Sumatra, Nias Islands, Java Thomisus okinawensis Strand, 1907 Thailand to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Indonesia = |
| Thomisus albens O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 Pakistan,
Yarkand Thomisus albertianus Strand, 1913 Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Angola Thomisus albertianus guineensis Millot, 1942 Guinea, Angola Thomisus albertianus maculatus Comellini, 1959 Cameroon, Congo Thomisus albertianus verrucosus Comellini, 1957 Congo Thomisus albohirtus Simon, 1884 North, East Africa, Yemen Thomisus amadelphus Simon, 1909 Vietnam Thomisus andamanensis Tikader, 1980 Andaman Islands Thomisus angulatulus Roewer, 1951 Gabon Thomisus angustifrons Lucas, 1858 Gabon Thomisus arabicus Simon, 1882 Yemen Thomisus armillatus (Thorell, 1891) Nicobar Islands Thomisus ashishi Gajbe, 2005 India Thomisus australis Comellini, 1957 Central, Southern Africa Thomisus baghdeoi Gajbe, 2004 India Thomisus bargi Gajbe, 2004 India Thomisus beautifularis Basu, 1965 India Thomisus benoiti Comellini, 1959 Congo Thomisus bicolor Walckenaer, 1837 USA Thomisus bidentatus Kulczynski, 1901 West Africa to Saudi Arabia, Yemen Thomisus bigibbosus Keyserling, 1881 USA Thomisus blandus Karsch, 1880 Africa, Yemen Thomisus boesenbergi Lenz, 1891 Madagascar Thomisus bonnieri Simon, 1902 Oman Thomisus bueanus Strand, 1916 Cameroon Thomisus bulani Tikader, 1960 India Thomisus cancroides Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 Unknown Thomisus candidus Blackwall, 1866 Tropical Africa Thomisus castaneiceps Simon, 1909 Vietnam Thomisus cavaleriei Schenkel, 1963 China Thomisus citrinellus Simon, 1875 Mediterranean, Africa, Yemen, Socotra, Seychelles Thomisus congoensis Comellini, 1957 Central, Southern Africa Thomisus dalmasi Lessert, 1919 Africa Thomisus danieli Gajbe, 2004 India Thomisus daradioides Simon, 1890 South Africa to India Thomisus daradioides nigroannulatus Caporiacco, 1947 East Africa Thomisus dartevellei Comellini, 1957 Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi Thomisus dentiger (Thorell, 1887) Myanmar Thomisus destefanii Caporiacco, 1941 Ethiopia Thomisus dhakuriensis Tikader, 1960 India Thomisus dhananjayi Gajbe, 2005 India Thomisus duriusculus (Thorell, 1877) Sulawesi Thomisus dyali Kumari & Mittal, 1997 India Thomisus elongatus Stoliczka, 1869 India Thomisus galeatus Simon, 1909 Vietnam Thomisus ghesquierei Lessert, 1943 Congo Thomisus godavariae Reddy & Patel, 1992 India Thomisus gouluensis Peng, Yin & Kim, 2000 China Thomisus granulatus Karsch, 1880 Southern Africa Thomisus granulifrons Simon, 1906 India, Sri Lanka Thomisus guadahyrensis Keyserling, 1880 Peru Thomisus guangxicus Song & Zhu, 1995 China Thomisus hararinus Caporiacco, 1947 Ethiopia Thomisus hui Song & Zhu, 1995 China Thomisus hunanensis Peng, Yin & Kim, 2000 China Thomisus ilocanus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Philippines Thomisus iswadus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Philippines Thomisus italongus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Philippines Thomisus janinae Comellini, 1957 Congo, Tanzania Thomisus jocquei Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1988 Malawi Thomisus kalaharinus Lawrence, 1936 Africa, Yemen Thomisus katrajghatus Tikader, 1963 India Thomisus keralae Biswas & Roy, 2005 India Thomisus kitamurai Nakatsudi, 1943 Ryukyu Islands Thomisus kiwuensis Strand, 1913 Central Africa Thomisus kokiwadai Gajbe, 2004 India Thomisus krishnae Reddy & Patel, 1992 India Thomisus labefactus Karsch, 1881 China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan Thomisus laglaizei Simon, 1877 Myanmar, Philippines, Java, Sumatra Thomisus lamperti Strand, 1907 Madagascar Thomisus leucaspis Simon, 1906 India, New Caledonia Thomisus litoris Strand, 1913 Central Africa Thomisus lobosus Tikader, 1965 India Thomisus ludhianaensis Kumari & Mittal, 1997 India Thomisus machadoi Comellini, 1959 Angola, Cape Verde Islands, South Africa Thomisus madagascariensis Comellini, 1957 Madagascar Thomisus madagascariensis pallidus Comellini, 1957 Madagascar Thomisus manishae Gajbe, 2005 India Thomisus manjuae Gajbe, 2005 India Thomisus marginifrons Schenkel, 1963 China Thomisus meenae Gajbe, 2005 India Thomisus melanostethus Simon, 1909 Vietnam Thomisus mimae Sen & Basu, 1963 India Thomisus modestus Blackwall, 1870 Italy Thomisus natalensis Lawrence, 1942 Southern Africa Thomisus nepenthiphilus Fage, 1930 Sumatra Thomisus nirmali Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007 India Thomisus nossibeensis Strand, 1907 Madagascar Thomisus obscuratus Caporiacco, 1947 East Africa Thomisus obtusesetulosus Roewer, 1961 Senegal Thomisus ochraceus Walckenaer, 1842 Algeria Thomisus odiosus O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 Mexico Thomisus onustus Walckenaer, 1805 Palearctic Thomisus onustus meridionalis Strand, 1907 North Africa Thomisus oscitans Walckenaer, 1837 USA Thomisus pateli Gajbe, 2004 India Thomisus pathaki Gajbe, 2004 India Thomisus penicillatus Simon, 1909 Vietnam Thomisus pooneus Tikader, 1965 India Thomisus pritiae Gajbe, 2005 India Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960 India Thomisus pugilis Stoliczka, 1869 India Thomisus purpuratus Walckenaer, 1837 USA Thomisus rajani Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 India Thomisus retirugus Simon, 1909 Vietnam Thomisus rigoratus Simon, 1906 India Thomisus rishus Tikader, 1970 India Thomisus roeweri Comellini, 1957 Tanzania Thomisus schoutedeni Comellini, 1957 Congo Thomisus schultzei Simon, 1910 Southern Africa Thomisus scrupeus (Simon, 1886) Africa Thomisus shillongensis Sen, 1963 India Thomisus shivajiensis Tikader, 1965 India Thomisus sikkimensis Tikader, 1962 India Thomisus simoni Gajbe, 2004 India Thomisus socotrensis Dippenaar-Schoeman & van Harten, 2007 Socotra Thomisus sorajaii Basu, 1963 India Thomisus spectabilis Doleschall, 1859 India to Australia Thomisus spiculosus Pocock, 1901 West, Central, Southern Africa Thomisus stenningi Pocock, 1900 Africa, Yemen Thomisus stigmatisatus Walckenaer, 1837 USA Thomisus stoliczkai (Thorell, 1887) Myanmar Thomisus sundari Gajbe & Gajbe, 2001 India Thomisus swatowensis Strand, 1907 China Thomisus tetricus Simon, 1890 Yemen Thomisus transversus Fox, 1937 China Thomisus trigonus Giebel, 1869 Germany Thomisus tripunctatus Lucas, 1858 West Africa Thomisus tuberculatus Dyal, 1935 Pakistan Thomisus turgidus Walckenaer, 1837 USA Thomisus unidentatus Dippenaar-Schoeman & van Harten, 2007 Yemen Thomisus venulatus Walckenaer, 1842 Algeria Thomisus viveki Gajbe, 2004 India Thomisus vulnerabilis Mello-Leitγo, 1929 Myanmar Thomisus whitakeri Gajbe, 2004 India Thomisus yemensis Dippenaar-Schoeman & van Harten, 2007 Yemen Thomisus zhui Tang & Song, 1988 China Thomisus zuluanus Lawrence, 1942 South Africa Thomisus zyuzini Marusik & Logunov, 1990 Saudi Arabia to Central Asia |
