Bassaniodes

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Bassaniodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Bassaniodes
Pocock, 1903 [1]
Type species
B. socotrensis
Pocock, 1903
Species

39, see text

Synonyms [1]
  • ProxysticusDalmas, 1922 [2]

Bassaniodes is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1903. [3]

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Species

As of July 2022 it contains thirty-nine species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Europe, and Asia: [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Bassaniodes Pocock, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. Lehtinen, P. T. (2002), "Generic revision of some thomisids related to Xysticus C.L.Koch, 1835 and Ozyptila Simon, 1864", in Toft, S. (ed.), European Arachnology 2000: Proceedings of the 19th European Colloquium of Arachnology, p. 322
  3. Pocock, R. I. (1903), "Arachnida", in Forbes, H. O. (ed.), The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri

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