Angaeus is a genus of Asian crab spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Paraborboropactus.[2]

Angaeus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Angaeus
Thorell, 1881[1]
Type species
Angaeus pudicus
Species

12, see text

Synonyms
  • Paraborboropactus[2]

Species

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As of December 2022 it contained twelve species, found in Asia:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Angaeus Thorell, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  2. ^ a b Benjamin, S. P. (2013). "On the crab spider genus Angaeus Thorell, 1881 and its junior synonym Paraborboropactus Tang and Li, 2009 (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 3635: 71–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.7. PMID 26097932.
  3. ^ Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 17: 1–727.

Further reading

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  • Tang, G.; Li, S. Q. (2009). "Paraborboropactus gen. nov., with description of three new species of crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 34: 712–721.
  • Lehtinen, P. T. (2016). "Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s.lat. and Stiphropodidae)". Indian Journal of Arachnology. 5: 143–171.
  • Tang, G.; Li, S. Q. (2010). "Crab spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 2369: 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2369.1.1.
  • Tang, G.; Li, S. Q. (2010). "Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 2703: 1–105. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2703.1.1. S2CID 16523262.