Ansiea Explained

Ansiea is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 2004. This genus was named in honour of South African arachnologist Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman. it contains two species found in Africa and Saudi Arabia: A. buettikeri and A. tuckeri.^[1]

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

Further reading

• Dippenaar-Schoeman. A. S.. 1989. An annotated check list of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arabia. 20–30. 10.
• Dippenaar-Schoeman. A. S.. 1983. The spider genera Misumena, Misumenops, Runcinia and Thomisus (Araneae: Thomisidae) of southern Africa. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture Republic of South Africa. 1–66. 55.
• Bacelar. A.. 1958. Alguns araneídeos das ilhas de São Tomé e do Príncipe. Conferência Internacional dos Africanistas Ocidentais, Sessão. 37–46. 6. 4.
• Millot. J.. 1942. Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Français: Thomisidae. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 1–82. 65. 2.

Notes and References

1. Gen. Ansiea Lehtinen, 2004. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-07-26. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.