Ricinoides Explained

Ricinoides is an arthropod genus in the family Ricinoididae, first described by Henry Ewing in 1929.^[1]

Distribution

Species in this genus are found in West Africa.

Species

it contains sixteen species:^[2]

• Ricinoides afzelii (Thorell, 1892) — Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone
• Ricinoides atewa Naskrecki, 2008 — Ghana
• Ricinoides crassipalpe (Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) — Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
• Ricinoides eburneus Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Côte d’Ivoire
• Ricinoides feae (Hansen, 1921) — Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
• Ricinoides hanseni Legg, 1976 — Sierra Leone
• Ricinoides iita Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Nigeria
• Ricinoides kakum Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Ghana
• Ricinoides karschii (Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) — Cameroon, Congo, Gabon
• Ricinoides leonensis Legg, 1978 — Sierra Leone
• Ricinoides megahanseni Legg, 1982 — Côte d’Ivoire
• Ricinoides nzerekorensis Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Guinea
• Ricinoides olounoua Legg, 1978 — Cameroon
• Ricinoides sjostedtii (Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) — Cameroon, Nigeria
• Ricinoides taii Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Côte d’Ivoire
• Ricinoides westermannii (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) — Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo

Notes and References

1. Ewing . Henry . 1929 . A synopsis of the American arachnids of the primitive order Ricinulei . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 22 . 4 . 583–600 . 10.1093/aesa/22.4.583. free .
2. 2022 . Ricinoides Ewing, 1929 . Natural History Museum Bern . 4 October 2022 . World Ricinulei Catalog.