Demogenes

Demogenes is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.

Species

As of August 2020 it contains five species, found on Vanuatu, in Papua New Guinea, and on the Andaman Islands:

  • Demogenes andamanensis (Tikader, 1980)India (Andaman Is.)
  • Demogenes conivulvus (Balogh, 1936) – New Guinea
  • Demogenes heterophthalmus (Berland, 1938)Vanuatu
  • Demogenes lugens (Thorell, 1881) (type) – New Guinea
  • Demogenes simplicibulbis (Balogh, 1936) – New Guinea

See also

References

Further reading

  • Balogh, J. I. (1936). "Neue Spinnen aus Neu-Guinea". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 113: 237–244.
  • Lehtinen, P. T. (2004), "Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions", in Logunov, D. V. (ed.), European Arachnology 2003 (Proceedings of the 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St
  • Tikader, B. K. (1980). "Thomisidae (Crab-spiders)". Fauna India. 1: 1–247.
  • Chrysanthus, P. (1964). "Spiders from south New Guinea VI". Nova Guinea, Zoology. 28: 87–104.
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