| Ricinoides | |
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| Male Ricinoides karschii from Cameroon | |
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| Ricinoides atewa nymph from Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ricinulei |
| Family: | Ricinoididae |
| Genus: | Ricinoides Ewing, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Ricinoides westermannii (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) | |
| Species | |
16, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species in this genus are found in West Africa.
As of October 2022 [update] it contains sixteen species: [3]
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