| Lycopus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Lycopus Thorell, 1895 [1] |
| Type species | |
| L. edax Thorell, 1895 | |
| Species | |
9, see text | |
Lycopus is a genus of Asian crab spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1895. [2]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains nine species: [1]
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Clubiona is a genus of sac spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.
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