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Ansiea

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Ansiea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Ansiea
Lehtinen, 2004[1]
Type species
A. tuckeri
(Lessert, 1919)
Species

Ansiea is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 2004.[2] This genus was named in honour of South African arachnologist Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman.[3] As of June 2020 it contains two species found in Africa and Saudi Arabia: A. buettikeri and A. tuckeri.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Ansiea Lehtinen, 2004". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (2004), "Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions", in Logunov, D. V. (ed.), European Arachnology 2003 (Proceedings of the 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St
  3. ^ Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.

Further reading

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  • Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1989). "An annotated check list of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) of Saudi Arabia". Fauna Saudi Arabia. 10: 20–30.
  • Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1983). "The spider genera Misumena, Misumenops, Runcinia and Thomisus (Araneae: Thomisidae) of southern Africa". Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture Republic of South Africa. 55: 1–66.
  • Bacelar, A. (1958). "Alguns araneídeos das ilhas de São Tomé e do Príncipe". Conferência Internacional dos Africanistas Ocidentais, Sessão. 6 (4): 37–46.
  • Millot, J. (1942). "Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Français: Thomisidae". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 65 (2): 1–82.