Thysanina Explained

Thysanina is a genus of African araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1910. Originally placed with the Liocranidae, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2000,^[1] and to the Trachelidae in 2014.^[2]

Species

it contains six species:^[3]

• Thysanina absolvo Lyle & Haddad, 2006 – South Africa
• Thysanina capensis Lyle & Haddad, 2006 – South Africa
• Thysanina gracilis Lyle & Haddad, 2006 – Namibia, South Africa
• Thysanina serica Simon, 1910 (type) – Namibia, South Africa
• Thysanina similis Lyle & Haddad, 2006 – Tanzania
• Thysanina transversa Lyle & Haddad, 2006 – South Africa

Notes and References

1. Bosselaers. J.. Jocqué. R.. 2000. Studies in Corinnidae: transfer of four genera and description of the female of Lessertina mutica Lawrence 1942. Tropical Zoology. 13. 2. 311. 10.1080/03946975.2000.10531138. 84726283.
2. Ramírez. M. J.. 2014. The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390. 342. 10.1206/821.1. 11336/18066. 86146467. free.
3. Gen. Thysanina Simon, 1910. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.