Thomisops is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1879 by Ferdinand Karsch. , it contains eight species from Africa, and two from China.
Name The genus name is a combination of the crab spider genus Thomisus and Ancient Greek ὤψ (ops) "eye".
Species
, Thomisops comprises the following species: Thomisops altus Tang & Li, 2010 – China Thomisops bullatus Simon, 1895 – Southern Africa Thomisops cretaceus Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast, Cameroon Thomisops granulatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 – South Africa Thomisops lesserti Millot, 1942 – West, Central, Southern Africa Thomisops melanopes Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 – South Africa Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879 – Africa Thomisops sanmen Song, Zhang & Zheng, 1992 – China Thomisops senegalensis Millot, 1942 – West, Central, Southern Africa Thomisops sulcatus Simon, 1895 – Africa
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