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Firmicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Firmicus Simon, 1895
Type species
F. bragantinus (Brito Capello, 1866)
Species
17, see text

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

Species

As of September 2020 it contains seventeen species and two subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Spain, and France:

• Firmicus abnormis (Lessert, 1923) – South Africa
• Firmicus arushae Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
• Firmicus aurantipes Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast
• Firmicus biguttatus Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
• Firmicus bimaculatus (Simon, 1886) – Madagascar
• Firmicus bipunctatus Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
• Firmicus bivittatus Simon, 1895 – Spain, France, Algeria
• Firmicus bragantinus (Brito Capello, 1866) (type) – West Africa, Congo, Angola, Sudan
• Firmicus campestratus Simon, 1907 – West Africa, Congo
  • Firmicus c. faradjensis (Lessert, 1928) – Congo
  • Firmicus c. ogoueensis Simon, 1907 – Congo
• Firmicus dewitzi Simon, 1899 – Egypt, Israel, Iran
• Firmicus duriusculus Simon, 1903 – Vietnam
• Firmicus haywoodae Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast
• Firmicus insularis (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles
• Firmicus lentiginosus (Simon, 1886) – Africa
• Firmicus paecilipes Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
• Firmicus strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
• Firmicus werneri Simon, 1906 – Uganda

In synonymy:

• F. marginatus Simon, 1897 = Firmicus insularis (Blackwall, 1877)

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References

1. ^ "Gen. Firmicus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

Further reading

• Lessert, R. de (1919). "Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Mérou (suite). 3. Thomisidae". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 27 (5): 99–234. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.36325.
• Lessert, R. de (1943). "Araignées du Congo Belg (III)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 50: 305–338.
• Benoit, P. L. G. (1978). "Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Thomisidae (Araneae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 92: 899–901.
• Caporiacco, L. di (1947). "Arachnida Africae Orientalis, a dominibus Kittenberger, Kovács et Bornemisza lecta, in Museo Nationali Hungarico servata". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 40: 97–257.
• Caporiacco, L. di (1940). "Aracnidi raccolte nella Reg. dei Laghi Etiopici della Fossa Galla". Atti della Reale Accademia d'Italia. 11: 767–873.

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