page_title: Thomisus
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Thomisus / Species
caption_attribution_description: female Thomisus okinawensis from Okinawa.
context_page_description: Thomisus is a genus of crab spiders with around 150 species described. The genus includes species that vary widely in their ecology, with some that ambush predators that feed on insects visiting flowers. Like several other genera in the family Thomisidae, they are sometimes referred to as flower crab spiders, from their crab-like motion and their way of holding their front legs, reminiscent of a crab spreading its claws as a threat.
context_section_description: As of February 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:               
                  
  Thomisus albens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Pakistan, Yarkand
  Thomisus albertianus Strand, 1913 – Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Angola
  Thomisus albohirtus Simon, 1884 – North, East Africa, Yemen
  Thomisus amadelphus Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
  Thomisus andamanensis Tikader, 1980 – India, Andaman Is.
  Thomisus angulatulus Roewer, 1951 – Gabon
  Thomisus angustifrons Lucas, 1858 – Gabon
  Thomisus arabicus Simon, 1882 – Yemen
  Thomisus armillatus (Thorell, 1891) – Nicobar Is.
  Thomisus ashishi Gajbe, 2005 – India
  Thomisus australis Comellini, 1957 – Central, Southern Africa
  Thomisus baghdeoi Gajbe, 2004 – India
  Thomisus bargi Gajbe, 2004 – India
  Thomisus beautifularis Basu, 1965 – India
  Thomisus benoiti Comellini, 1959 – Congo
  Thomisus bicolor Walckenaer, 1837 – USA
  Thomisus bidentatus Kulczyński, 1901 – West Africa to Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  Thomisus bigibbosus Keyserling, 1881 – USA
  Thomisus blandus Karsch, 1880 – Africa, Yemen
  Thomisus boesenbergi Lenz, 1891 – Madagascar
  Thomisus bonnieri Simon, 1902 – Oman
  Thomisus bueanus Strand, 1916 – Cameroon
  Thomisus bulani Tikader, 1960 – India
  Thomisus callidus (Thorell, 1890) – Sri Lanka, Singapore, Sumatra, Nias Is., Java
  Thomisus cancroides Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 – Unknown
  Thomisus candidus Blackwall, 1866 – Tropical Africa
  Thomisus castaneiceps Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
  Thomisus cavaleriei Schenkel, 1963 – China
  Thomisus citrinellus Simon, 1875 – Mediterranean, Africa, Seychelles, Yemen, Socotra, Iraq
  Thomisus congoensis Comellini, 1957 – Central, Southern Africa
  Thomisus dalmasi Lessert, 1919 – Africa
  Thomisus danieli Gajbe, 2004 – India
  Thomisus daradioides Simon, 1890 – South Africa to India
  Thomisus dartevellei Comellini, 1957 – Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi
  Thomisus dentiger (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar
  Thomisus destefanii Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
  Thomisus dhakuriensis Tikader, 1960 – India
  Thomisus dhananjayi Gajbe, 2005 – India
  Thomisus duriusculus (Thorell, 1877) – Sulawesi
  Thomisus dyali Kumari & Mittal, 1997 – India
  Thomisus elongatus Stoliczka, 1869 – India
  Thomisus eminulus Tang & Li, 2010 – China
  Thomisus galeatus Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
  Thomisus ghesquierei Lessert, 1943 – Congo
  Thomisus godavariae Reddy & Patel, 1992 – India
  Thomisus gouluensis Peng, Yin & Kim, 2000 – China
  Thomisus granulatus Karsch, 1880 – Southern Africa
  Thomisus granulifrons Simon, 1906 – India, Sri Lanka
  Thomisus guadahyrensis Keyserling, 1880 – Peru
  Thomisus guangxicus Song & Zhu, 1995 – China
  Thomisus hararinus Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia
  Thomisus hui Song & Zhu, 1995 – China
  Thomisus hunanensis Peng, Yin & Kim, 2000 – China
  Thomisus ilocanus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
  Thomisus iswadus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
  Thomisus italongus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
  Thomisus janinae Comellini, 1957 – Congo, Tanzania
  Thomisus jocquei Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1988 – Malawi
  Thomisus kalaharinus Lawrence, 1936 – Africa, Yemen
  Thomisus katrajghatus Tikader, 1963 – India
  Thomisus keralae Biswas & Roy, 2005 – India
  Thomisus kitamurai Nakatsudi, 1943 – Ryukyu Is.
  Thomisus kiwuensis Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
  Thomisus kokiwadai Gajbe, 2004 – India
  Thomisus krishnae Reddy & Patel, 1992 – India
  Thomisus labefactus Karsch, 1881 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
  Thomisus laglaizei Simon, 1877 – Myanmar, Philippines, Java, Sumatra
  Thomisus lamperti Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
  Thomisus leucaspis Simon, 1906 – India, New Caledonia
  Thomisus litoris Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
  Thomisus lobosus Tikader, 1965 – India
  Thomisus ludhianaensis Kumari & Mittal, 1997 – India
  Thomisus machadoi Comellini, 1959 – Angola, Cape Verde Is., South Africa
  Thomisus madagascariensis Comellini, 1957 – Madagascar
  Thomisus magaspangus Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
  Thomisus manishae Gajbe, 2005 – India
  Thomisus manjuae Gajbe, 2005 – India
  Thomisus marginifrons Schenkel, 1963 – China
  Thomisus meenae Gajbe, 2005 – India
  Thomisus melanostethus Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
  Thomisus mimae Sen & Basu, 1963 – India
  Thomisus modest
caption: Female Thomisus okinawensis in Japan
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