Firmicus (spider)

Firmicus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.^[2]

Firmicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Firmicus Simon, 1895^[1]
Type species
F. bragantinus (Brito Capello, 1866)
Species
17, see text

Species

As of September 2020^[update] it contains seventeen species and two subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Spain, and France:^[1]

• Firmicus abnormis (Lessert, 1923) – South Africa
• Firmicus arushae Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
• Firmicus aurantipes Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast
• Firmicus biguttatus Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
• Firmicus bimaculatus (Simon, 1886) – Madagascar
• Firmicus bipunctatus Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
• Firmicus bivittatus Simon, 1895 – Spain, France, Algeria
• Firmicus bragantinus (Brito Capello, 1866) (type) – West Africa, Congo, Angola, Sudan
• Firmicus campestratus Simon, 1907 – West Africa, Congo
  • Firmicus c. faradjensis (Lessert, 1928) – Congo
  • Firmicus c. ogoueensis Simon, 1907 – Congo
• Firmicus dewitzi Simon, 1899 – Egypt, Israel, Iran
• Firmicus duriusculus Simon, 1903 – Vietnam
• Firmicus haywoodae Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast
• Firmicus insularis (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles
• Firmicus lentiginosus (Simon, 1886) – Africa
• Firmicus paecilipes Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
• Firmicus strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
• Firmicus werneri Simon, 1906 – Uganda

In synonymy:

• F. marginatus Simon, 1897 = Firmicus insularis (Blackwall, 1877)

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References

1. "Gen. Firmicus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

Further reading

• Lessert, R. de (1919). "Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Mérou (suite). 3. Thomisidae". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 27 (5): 99–234. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.36325.
• Lessert, R. de (1943). "Araignées du Congo Belg (III)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 50: 305–338.
• Benoit, P. L. G. (1978). "Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Thomisidae (Araneae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 92: 899–901.
• Caporiacco, L. di (1947). "Arachnida Africae Orientalis, a dominibus Kittenberger, Kovács et Bornemisza lecta, in Museo Nationali Hungarico servata". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 40: 97–257.
• Caporiacco, L. di (1940). "Aracnidi raccolte nella Reg. dei Laghi Etiopici della Fossa Galla". Atti della Reale Accademia d'Italia. 11: 767–873.