Alcimochthes is a genus of Asian crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885.[2] As of June 2020[update] it contains three species, found in eastern Asia: A. limbatus, A. melanophthalmus, and A. meridionalis.[1]
| Alcimochthes | |
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| A. limbatus, male | |
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| A. limbatus, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Alcimochthes Simon, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. limbatus Simon, 1885
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Alcimochthes Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ Simon, E. (1885). "Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. III. Arachnides recueillis en 1884 dans la presqu'île de Malacca, par M. J. Morgan. IV. Arachnides recueillis à Collegal, district de Coimbatoore, par M. A. Theobald G. R". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 10: 436–462.
Further reading
edit- 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.
- Ileperuma Arachchi, I. S.; Benjamin, S. P. (2019). "The crab spider genus Tarrocanus Simon, 1895 with notes on the genera Alcimochthes Simon, 1895 and Domatha Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 4613 (3): 587–593. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.10. PMID 31716406. S2CID 207934851.
- Yin, C. M.; et al. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha. p. 1590.
- Tang, G.; Li, S. Q. (2009). "Three new crab spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest, southwestern China (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 2109: 45–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2109.1.2.
- Ono, H. (2009). The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa. p. 739.