Runcinia

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Runcinia
Runcinia acuminata
Runcinia acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Subfamily: Thomisinae
Genus: Runcinia
Simon, 1875
Diversity
28 species
Type species
Thomisus lateralis
C. L. Koch, 1837
Species

See text.

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.

[edit] 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

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