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| Borboropactus | |
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| B. silvicola from South Africa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Borboropactus Simon, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. squalidus Simon, 1884 | |
| Species | |
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Borboropactus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Species in this genus are found in Africa, Asia, and Papua New Guinea:[1]
Life style
[edit]Spiders in this genus are free-living ground dwellers. They are found under logs among decaying leaves in damp areas. Due to the club-shaped setae covering their body, specimens are frequently covered with mud and sand particles adhering to the setae.[3]
Description
[edit]Females and males are 7 to 8 mm in total length. The carapace is narrower in the eye region with a longitudinal fovea. The abdomen is roundish with coriaceus integument covered with scales and club-shaped setae.[3]
The legs have thick and inflated femora, with thick tibiae and metatarsi bearing long setae in a double row below. The front legs are directed to the front and not sideways. These spiders are recognised by legs I and II that are very thick.[3]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes nineteen species:[1]
- Borboropactus asper (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884) – Sri Lanka
- Borboropactus australis (Lawrence, 1937) – South Africa
- Borboropactus bangkongeus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines (Luzon)
- Borboropactus biprocessus Tang, Yin & Peng, 2012 – China
- Borboropactus brevidens Tang & Li, 2010 – China
- Borboropactus cinerascens (Doleschall, 1859) – India (Nicobar Is.), China, Thailand, Malaysia (peninsula, Borneo), Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Moluccas, New Guinea), Papua New Guinea
- Borboropactus edentatus Tang & Li, 2010 – China
- Borboropactus elephantus (Tikader, 1966) – India
- Borboropactus gialong Benjamin, 2024 – Vietnam
- Borboropactus javanicola (Strand, 1913) – Indonesia (Java)
- Borboropactus jiangyong Yin, Peng, Yan & Kim, 2004 – China
- Borboropactus longidens Tang & Li, 2010 – China (Hainan), Vietnam
- Borboropactus nanda Lin & Li, 2023 – China
- Borboropactus noditarsis (Simon, 1903) – West Africa
- Borboropactus nyerere Benjamin, 2011 – Tanzania
- Borboropactus palaniensis Benjamin, 2024 – India
- Borboropactus silvicola (Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
- Borboropactus squalidus Simon, 1884 – Zambia, South Africa (type species)
- Borboropactus vulcanicus (Doleschall, 1859) – Indonesia (Java)
In synonymy:
- B. bangkongeus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Borboropactus cinerascens (Doleschall, 1859)
- B. divergens (Hogg, 1914) = Borboropactus bituberculatus Simon, 1884
- B. hainanus Song, 1993 = Borboropactus bituberculatus Simon, 1884
- B. mindoroensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Borboropactus cinerascens (Doleschall, 1859)
- B. umaasaeus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Borboropactus cinerascens (Doleschall, 1859)
- B. cinerascens (Strand, 1907
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gen. Borboropactus Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1884). "Description d'une nouvelle famille de l'ordre des Araneae (Bradystichidae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 28: 297–301.
- 1 2 3 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 1 A-Mo. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 13. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513274.
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Further reading
[edit]- Benjamin, S. P. (2011). "Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 3080: 1–108. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3080.1.1.
- Tang, G.; Li, S. Q. (2010). "Crab spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 2369: 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2369.1.1.
- Benjamin, S. P.; et al. (2008). "Family ties: molecular phylogeny of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Cladistics. 24 (5): 708–722. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00202.x. S2CID 49532398.
- Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- Barrion, A. T.; Litsinger, J. A. (1995). Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, xix + pp. p. 700.
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