Tomis (spider) explained

Tomis is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by F.O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. The genus Pseudattulus, erected by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947,^[1] was formerly considered distinct with two species, but was placed in synonymy in 2020 when Tomis was re-separated from Sitticus (now Attulus).

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:

• Tomis beieri (Caporiacco, 1955) (syn. Pseudattulus beieri) – Venezuela
• Tomis canus Galiano, 1977 (syn. Sitticus canus) – Peru
• Tomis kratochvili (Caporiacco, 1947) (syn. Pseudattulus kratochvili) – Venezuela, Guyana
• Tomis manabita W. Maddison, 2020 – Ecuador
• Tomis mazorcanus (Chamberlin, 1920) (syn. Sitticus mazorcanus) – Peru
• Tomis mona (Bryant, 1947) – Puerto Rico
• Tomis palpalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (type species) (syn. Sitticus palpalis) – Mexico, Argentina
• Tomis pavidus (Bryant, 1942) – Virgin Is.
• Tomis phaleratus (Galiano & Baert, 1990) (syn. Sitticus phaleratus) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Tomis pintanus (Edwards & Baert, 2018) (syn. Sitticus pintanus) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Tomis tenebricus (Galiano & Baert, 1990) (syn. Sitticus tenebricus) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Tomis trisetosus (Edwards & Baert, 2018) (syn. Sitticus trisetosus) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Tomis uber (Galiano & Baert, 1990) (syn. Sitticus uber) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Tomis vanvolsemorum (Baert, 2011) (syn. Sitticus vanvolsemorum) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Tomis welchi (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (syn. Sitticus welchi) – United States

Notes and References

1. Caporiacco. L. di. 1947. Diagnosi preliminari de specie nuove di aracnidi della Guiana Brittanica raccolte dai professori Beccari e Romiti. Monitore Zoologico Italiano. 20–34. 56. Lodovico di Caporiacco.