Nyctimus trimeni
| Zametopias Crab Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimus |
| Species: | N. trimeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctimus trimeni | |
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Nyctimus trimeni is a spider in the family Thomisidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Zametopias crab spider.[3]
Distribution
Nyctimus trimeni is found in South Africa.[2] The type locality is given only as Bona Spei (Cape of Good Hope).[3]
Habitat and ecology
The life style of Nyctimus trimeni remains unknown.[3]
Description
Conservation
Nyctimus trimeni is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute.[3] The species is known only from a single unspecified site in South Africa. More sampling is needed to collect males and determine the species range.[3]
Taxonomy
Nyctimus trimeni was originally described by Eugène Simon in 1895 as Zametopias trimeni.[1] The species has not been revised and is known only from the female.[3] Lehtinen transferred the species to Nyctimus in 2016.[4]
References
- ^ a b Simon, E. (1895). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 432–443.
- ^ a b "Nyctimus trimeni (Simon, 1895)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 2 My-R. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 15. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513276. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Lehtinen, P.T. (2016). "Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s.lat. and Stiphropodidae)". Indian Journal of Arachnology. 5: 143–171.