Spiracme

Spiracme
S. striatipes
S. mongolica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Spiracme
Menge, 1876[1]
Type species
Spiracme striata
(L. Koch, 1870)
Species

10, see text

Spiracme is a genus of crab spiders erected by Anton Menge in 1876 to contain S. striata, transferred from Xysticus.[2]

Taxonomy

The exact relationship of these spiders and their closest relatives has been long debated, and many included species have been transferred to and from similar genera, namely Xysticus and Ozyptila.[1] In 2019, Rainer Breitling conducted a DNA barcoding study and grouped similar genera based on the results:[3]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes ten species:[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Spiracme Menge, 1876". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  2. ^ Menge, A. (1876). "Preussische Spinnen. VIII. Fortsetzung" [Prussian spiders. VIII. continued]. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig (in German). 3: 423–454.
  3. ^ Breitling, R. (2019). "A barcode-based phylogenetic scaffold for Xysticus and its relatives (Araneae: Thomisidae: Coriarachnini)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 20: 198–206. doi:10.37828/em.2019.20.16. S2CID 108977575.

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