Ansiea
| Ansiea | |
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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: | Ansiea Lehtinen, 2004[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. tuckeri (Lessert, 1919)
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| Species | |
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Ansiea is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 2004.[2] This genus was named in honour of South African arachnologist Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman.[3] As of June 2020[update] it contains two species found in Africa and Saudi Arabia: A. buettikeri and A. tuckeri.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gen. Ansiea Lehtinen, 2004". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (2004), "Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions", in Logunov, D. V. (ed.), European Arachnology 2003 (Proceedings of the 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St
- ^ Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.
Further reading[edit]
- Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1989). "An annotated check list of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) of Saudi Arabia". Fauna Saudi Arabia. 10: 20–30.
- Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1983). "The spider genera Misumena, Misumenops, Runcinia and Thomisus (Araneae: Thomisidae) of southern Africa". Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture Republic of South Africa. 55: 1–66.
- Bacelar, A. (1958). "Alguns araneídeos das ilhas de São Tomé e do Príncipe". Conferência Internacional dos Africanistas Ocidentais, Sessão. 6 (4): 37–46.
- Millot, J. (1942). "Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Français: Thomisidae". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 65 (2): 1–82.