Demogenes Explained

Demogenes is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, found on Vanuatu, in Papua New Guinea, and on the Andaman Islands:^[2]

• Demogenes andamanensis (Tikader, 1980) – India (Andaman Is.)
• Demogenes conivulvus (Balogh, 1936) – New Guinea
• Demogenes heterophthalmus (Berland, 1938) – Vanuatu
• Demogenes lugens (Thorell, 1881) (type) – New Guinea
• Demogenes simplicibulbis (Balogh, 1936) – New Guinea

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

Further reading

• Balogh. J. I.. 1936. Neue Spinnen aus Neu-Guinea. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 237–244. 113.
  • Tikader. B. K.. 1980. Thomisidae (Crab-spiders). Fauna India. 1–247. 1.
• Chrysanthus. P.. Pater Chrysanthus. 1964. Spiders from south New Guinea VI. Nova Guinea, Zoology. 87–104. 28.

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. fr. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène_Simon.
2. Web site: Gen. Demogenes Simon, 1895. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-09-27. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.