The genus Ansiea was established by Lehtinen in 2004 as part of a taxonomic revision of the Misumenini tribe.[2] The type species, Ansiea tuckeri, was originally described as Misumena tuckeri by Lessert in 1919 and was subsequently placed in Misumenops by Millot in 1942 before being transferred to Misumena by Dippenaar-Schoeman in 1983.[2]
Although originally placed in Misumena, the species of this genus are not closely related to it.[2]
Distribution
The genus is distributed across Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[1]A. tuckeri has been recorded from central, east and south Africa, while A. buettikeri is known only from Saudi Arabia.[4]
Spiders of this genus have pale green to yellowish bodies sometimes with red patterns.[5]
The carapace is as wide as long, low and slightly convex, with the surface clothed with numerous erect spiniform setae. The eyes are in two recurved rows, with lateral eyes on small tubercles. The median ocular quadrangle is wider than long. The abdomen is round oval. The legs are strong, particularly the front legs, with legs I and II having macro setae on tibiae and metatarsi.[5]
Males resemble females and are the same size, but the carapace has two widely spaced brown bands and the legs are banded.[5]
Species
As of September2025[update], the genus contains three recognized taxa:[1]
1 2 3 4 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
↑ Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1989). "An annotated check list of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) of Saudi Arabia". Fauna Saudi Arabia. 10: 20–30.
1 2 3 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 1 A-Mo. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p.9. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513274.This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Further reading
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.
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