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Platythomisus
Sign in to savePlatythomisus is a genus of flattened crab spiders (family Thomisidae) from Africa and Southern Asia.
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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Platythomisus, and connects out to Thomisidae, India and China.
It is catalogued under topics including Araneomorphae genera, Spiders of Africa and Spiders of Asia.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyThomisidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Thomisidae
- Collections
- MNHN, SAM, MZLU, ARC-PPRI, USNM
- Recorded in
- Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thomisidae
- Image
- Platythomisus xiandao - female (10.3897-zookeys.852.34436) Figure 5 (cropped).jpg
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- Platythomisus
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Biology
- Description
- Life style
- Name
- Species
- References
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Platythomisus is a genus of flattened crab spiders (family Thomisidae) from Africa and Southern Asia.
==Biology== Platythomisus octomaculatus is a rather rare species. One of the plants it has been found on is the yellow Hibiscus tiliaceus. In captivity it was observed to feed on bees.
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