Ricinoides

Ricinoides
Male Ricinoides karschii from Cameroon
Ricinoides atewa nymph from Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ricinulei
Family: Ricinoididae
Genus: Ricinoides
Ewing, 1929
Type species
Ricinoides westermannii
(Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
Species

16, see text

Synonyms
  • Cryptostemma Guérin-Méneville, 1838

Ricinoides is an arthropod genus in the family Ricinoididae, first described by Henry Ewing in 1929.

Distribution

Species in this genus are found in West Africa.

Species

As of October 2022 it contains sixteen species:

In 2026, it was proposed that several species attributed to Ricinoides should be split out into several newly described genera, giving the new combinations Alantakun karschii, Bambara hanseni, Bambara megahanseni, Gizoo crassipalpe, Tautau leonensis, and Ududo sjostedtii.

References

  1. ↑ Hansen, Hans; Sörensen, William (1904). On two orders of Arachnida. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  2. ↑ Ewing, Henry (1929). "A synopsis of the American arachnids of the primitive order Ricinulei". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 22 (4): 583–600. doi:10.1093/aesa/22.4.583.
  3. ↑ "Ricinoides Ewing, 1929". World Ricinulei Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Botero-Trujillo, Ricardo; Prendini, Lorenzo (2026-02-26). "Phylogeny and Revised Generic Classification of African Ricinulei (Ricinoididae), Descriptions of Five New Genera, Three New Species, and Comparative Morphology of the Male Copulatory Apparatus". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2026 (480). doi:10.1206/0003-0090.480.1.1. ISSN 0003-0090.