Parabomis Explained

Parabomis is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1901 by Władysław Kulczyński.^[1]

Species

it contains six species, found only in Africa:^[2]

• Parabomis elsae Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020 – South Africa
• Parabomis levanderi Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea
• Parabomis martini Lessert, 1919 – Guinea, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Parabomis megae Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020 – Zimbabwe
• Parabomis pilosa Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020 – Botswana, South Africa
• Parabomis wandae Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020 – Ivory Coast, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya

Notes and References

1. Kulczyński . Władysław . 1901 . Arachnoidea in Colonia Erythraea a Dre K. M. Levander collecta . Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzen Wydzialu Matematyczno Przyrodniczego Akademji Umiejetnosci, Krakow . 41 . 1-64.
2. Web site: Gen. Parabomis Kulczyński, 1901 . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern . 25 May 2022.