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Stephanopis

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Stephanopis
S. altifrons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Stephanopis
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869[1]
Type species
Stephanopis altifrons
Species

24, see text

Stephanopis is a genus of crab spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1869.[2] It was erected for five then newly described species, including S. altifrons, from Australia.[3] Stephanopis was characterized by the high cephalic region with unequally sized anterior eyes (ALE larger than AME) disposed in a strongly recurved row, opisthosoma ending in several spiniform projections and dorsoventrally depressed habitus.[3] According to Pickard-Cambridge, the single specimen used for the description of S. altifrons was dry-pinned. Therefore the specimen could not be properly examined, so it was not possible to determine if the specimen was adult. Moreover, he states his own sketch of the spider as “hasty” or "dull". This may explain why the somatic characters were inadequately described, genitalic features were not mentioned at all, and the illustrations were not detailed enough, making the species unidentifiable.[3]

Species

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As of April 2022, it contained 24 species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Thomisidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1869). "Descriptions and sketches of some new species of Araneida, with characters of a new genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (3): 52–74.
  3. ^ a b c Machado, Miguel; Teixeira, Renato Augusto; Milledge, Graham A. (2019). "On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 71 (6): 217–276. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1698. hdl:10923/20187. S2CID 203877196.