Simorcus is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1895 by Simon. As of 2017[update], it contains 13 species.[1]
| Simorcus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Simorcus Simon[1] |
| Type species | |
| Simorcus capensis | |
| Species | |
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13, see text | |
Species
editSimorcus comprises 13 species:[1]
- Simorcus asiaticus Ono & Song, 1989 – China
- Simorcus capensis Simon, 1895 – Tanzania, South Africa
- Simorcus coronatus Simon, 1907 – West, Central Africa
- Simorcus cotti Lessert, 1936 – Tanzania, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
- Simorcus cummingae van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2010 – Botswana, Zimbabwe
- Simorcus guinea van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2010 – Guinea, Congo
- Simorcus haddadi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2010 – South Africa
- Simorcus hakos van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2010 – Namibia
- Simorcus itombwe van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2010 – Congo
- Simorcus kalemie van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2010 – Congo
- Simorcus lotzi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2010 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- Simorcus okavango van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2010 – Botswana
- Simorcus vanharteni van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2010 – Yemen, Tanzania
References
edit- ^ a b c "Thomisidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-20.