Runcinia
| Runcinia | |
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| Runcinia acuminata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Subfamily: | Thomisinae |
| Genus: | Runcinia Simon, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Thomisus lateralis C. L. Koch, 1837 | |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 28 species | |
Runcinia is a genus of crab spiders with about 30 described species.
Almost all species occur in Africa or South Asia. The distribution of R. acuminata reaches up to Australia, and R. grammica has a palaearctic range.
Species
- Runcinia acuminata (Thorell, 1881) — Bangladesh to Japan, New Guinea, Australia
- Runcinia aethiops (Simon, 1901) — Africa
- Runcinia affinis Simon, 1897 — Africa, Bangladesh to Japan, Philippines, Java
- Runcinia albida (Marx, 1893) — Congo
- Runcinia bifrons (Simon, 1895) — India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Runcinia carae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983 — Botswana, Kenya
- Runcinia caudata Schenkel, 1963 — China
- Runcinia depressa Simon, 1906 — Africa
- Runcinia disticta Thorell, 1891 — Myanmar, Sumatra, Java
- Runcinia dubia Caporiacco, 1940 — Somalia
- Runcinia erythrina Jézéquel, 1964 — West, Southern Africa
- Runcinia escheri Reimoser, 1934 — India
- Runcinia flavida (Simon, 1881) — Africa
- Runcinia ghorpadei Tikader, 1980 — India
- Runcinia grammica (C. L. Koch, 1837) — Palearctic, St. Helena, South Africa
- Runcinia johnstoni Lessert, 1919 — Africa
- Runcinia kinbergi Thorell, 1891 — Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Java
- Runcinia longipes Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
- Runcinia manicata Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
- Runcinia multilineata Roewer, 1961 — Senegal
- Runcinia oculifrons Strand, 1907 — Madagascar
- Runcinia plana Simon, 1895 — Paraguay
- Runcinia roonwali Tikader, 1965 — India
- Runcinia soeensis Schenkel, 1944 — Timor
- Runcinia spinulosa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1885) — Pakistan, India
- Runcinia tarabayevi Marusik & Logunov, 1990 — Central Asia
- Runcinia tropica Simon, 1907 — Africa
- Runcinia yogeshi Gajbe & Gajbe, 2001 — India
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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