Pycnaxis is a genus of Asian crab spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] They are endemic to eastern Asia from China to the Philippines.[1]
| Pycnaxis | |
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| T. truciformis, male | |
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| T. truciformis, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Pycnaxis Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pycnaxis guttata | |
| Species | |
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7, see text. | |
Species
editAs of 2017[update] it contains seven species:[1]
- Pycnaxis guttata Simon, 1895 - Philippines
- Pycnaxis krakatauensis (Bristowe, 1931) - Krakatau
- Pycnaxis lamellaris (Tang & Li, 2010) - China
- Pycnaxis nigrostriata (Simon, 1886) - Vietnam
- Pycnaxis onoi (Zhang, Zhu & Tso, 2006) - Taiwan
- Pycnaxis truciformis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) - China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Pycnaxis tumida (Tang & Li, 2010) - China
References
edit- ^ a b c "Thomisidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ^ Simon, E. (1895). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 432–443.