Paratobias

Paratobias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Paratobias
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900
Species:
P. championi
Binomial name
Paratobias championi

Paratobias is a monotypic genus of Central American crab spiders containing the single species, Paratobias championi. It was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1900, and it has only been found in Panama. Eugène Simon synonymized it with Stephanopis in 1903 due to several similarities to the genus, but Machado & Teixeira revalidated the genus in 2021, citing the distinctive trapezoidal shape of the abdomen as well as several differences in eye morphology.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Paratobias F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  2. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1900), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology, London, pp. 89–192
  3. ↑ Simon, E. (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées [Natural history of spiders] (in French) (2nd ed.). Roret, Paris. pp. 669–1080. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  4. ↑ Machado, M.; Teixeira, R. A. (2021). "Phylogenetic relationships in Stephanopinae: systematics of Stephanopis and Sidymella based on morphological characters (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21 (2): 281–313. doi:10.1007/s13127-020-00472-x. hdl:10923/20190.