Psammitis

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Psammitis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Psammitis
Menge, 1876 [1]
Type species
P. sabulosus (Hahn, 1832)
Species

32, see text

Psammitis is a genus of crab spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1876. [2]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains thirty-two species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Psammitis Menge, 1876". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  2. Menge, A. (1876). "Preussische Spinnen. VIII. Fortsetzung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. (N F). 3: 423–454.