Bomis (spider) explained

Bomis is a genus of very small crab spiders, first described by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1874.^[1] Five species are currently described, with three species from India and two from Australia.^[2]

Description

All Bomis species are extremely small, with females measuring approximately long and males only long. The prosoma is roughly textured and noticeably convex, while the opisthosoma is wrinkled and often forms folds on its lateral and anterior surfaces. The legs are short and thick, and the entire body has a sparse covering of very short setae.^[2]

Species

This genus includes the following species:^[3]

• Bomis bengalensis Tikader, 1962 – India
• Bomis calcuttaensis Biswas & Mazumder, 1981 – India
• Bomis hippoponoi Szymkowiak, 2017 – Australia (South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
• Bomis khajuriai Tikader, 1980 – India
• Bomis larvata L. Koch, 1874 (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

Further reading

• Lehtinen. P. T.. 2016. Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s.lat. and Stiphropodidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology. 143–171. 5.
• Szymkowiak. P.. Królikowska. S.. 2017. Redescription of Bomis larvata L. Koch, 1874 with the description of a new Australian species. Zootaxa. 451–468. 4323. 4. 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.4.1.
• Tikader. B. K.. 1980. Thomisidae (Crab-spiders). Fauna India. 1–247. 1.
• Biswas. B.. Mazumder. S. C.. 1981. Description of two new species of crab-spiders of the genera Diaea and Bomis (Family: Thomisidae) from India. Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India. 271–275. 4.
• Tikader. B. K.. Biswas. B.. 1981. Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper. 1–149. 30.

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, L.. 1874. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet . 473–576. Bauer & Raspe. 10.5962/bhl.title.121660. Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch.
2. Paweł . Szymkowiak . Sylwia . Królikowska . 2017 . Redescription of Bomis larvata L. Koch, 1874 with the description of a new Australian species . . Magnolia Press . 1175-5334 . 4323 . 4 . 451–468 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.4.1.
3. Gen. Bomis L. Koch, 1874. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 17 July 2023. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.