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Thomisidae
| Description | The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 175 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of this family are also known as flower spiders or flower crab spiders. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomisidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Thomisidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | crab spider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Thomisidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 9 (16%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 105 - 94 Ma Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Arachnida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arachnida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Xiphosurida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Xiphosura) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Arachnida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1922. Tertiary Spiders and Opilionids of North America. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 25:211-279 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Crab Spiders, Krabspinnen, Crab Spider, Krabbenspinnen, Krabbspindlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomisidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Borboropactinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Stephanopinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Succiniraptorinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Acentroscelus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acracanthostoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acrotmarus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alcimochthes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amyciaea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Angaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ansiea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aphantochilus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apyretina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Australomisidia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Avelis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bassaniana genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bassaniodes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Boliscodes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Boliscus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bomis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bonapruncinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Boomerangia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Borboropactus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Bucranium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Camaricus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Camericus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Carcinarachne genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cebrenninus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceraarachne genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cetratus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coenypha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coriarachne genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Corynethrix genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cozyptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crockeria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cymbacha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cymbachina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cynathea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyriogonus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deltoclita genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Demogenes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Diaea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dietopsa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dimizonops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Diplotychus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Domatha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ebelingia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ebrechtella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ecotona ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Emplesiogonus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Epicadinus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Epicadus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Epidius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erissoides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erissus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Facundia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Felsina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Fiducia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Filiolella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Firmicus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Geraesta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gnoerichia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Haedanula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Haplotmarus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hedana genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Henriksenia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Herbessus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Heriaesynaema genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Heriaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Heterogriffus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Heterotmarus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Hewittia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hexommulocymus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Holopelus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ibana genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Indosmodicinus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Indoxysticus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Iphoctesis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Isala genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Isaloides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Komisumena ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Lampertia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Latifrons genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ledouxia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lehtinelagia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leroya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Loxobates genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Loxoporetes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lycopus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lysiteles genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Massuria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mastira genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mecaphesa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Megapyge genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metadiaea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Micromisumenops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Miothomisus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Misumena genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Misumenoides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Misumenops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Misumessus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Modysticus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Monaeses genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Musaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mystaria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Narcaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nyctimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ocyllus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Onocolus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ostanes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oxyptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oxytate genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ozyptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pactactes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagida genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeoxysticus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Parabomis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parasmodix genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parastrophius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parasynema genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parvulus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Pasias genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pasiasula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Peritraeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phaenopoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pharta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pherecydes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Philodamia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Philogaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phireza genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phrynarachne genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Physoplatys genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pistius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plancinus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plastonomus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platyarachne genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platythomisus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Poecilothomisus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Porropis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Prepotelus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Proxysticus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudamyciaea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudoporrhopis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pycnaxis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pyresthesis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Reinickella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rejanellus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhaebobates genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Runcinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Runcinioides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Saccodomus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Scopticus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sidymella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Simorcus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sinothomisus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Smodicinodes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Smodicinus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Soelteria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spilosynema genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stephanopis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stephanopoides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stiphropella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stiphropus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strigoplus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strophius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Succinaenigma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Sylligma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Synaemops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Synalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Synema genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Syphax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tagulinus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tagulis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Talaus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tarrocanus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taypaliito genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tharpyna genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tharrhalea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thomisiraptor ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Thomisops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thomisus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Titidiops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Titidius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tmarus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tobias genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trichopagis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ulocymus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Uraarachne genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Wechselia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xysticus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Zametopina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zygometis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xystimis gulosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Thomisidites Straus, 1967 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Thomisidae : Thomisidites |
| Thomisidites hercynicus Straus, 1967 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Thomisidae : Thomisidites hercynicus |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1833 | Thomisidae Sundevall |
| 1890 | Thomisidae Scudder p. 56 |
| 1922 | Thomisidae Petrunkevitch |
| 1967 | Thomisidites Straus p. 19 |
| 1967 | Thomisidites hercynicus Straus p. 19 figs. Pl 1, fig 5 |
| 2004 | Borboropactidae Wunderlich p. 1738 |
| 2013 | Thomisidae Dunlop et al. p. 178 |
| 2017 | Thomisidae Wheeler et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
