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Bomis is a genus of very small crab spiders, first described by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1874. Five species are currently described, with three species from India and two from Australia.
Description
All Bomis species are extremely small, with females measuring approximately 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long and males only 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long. The prosoma is roughly textured and noticeably convex, while the opisthosoma is wrinkled and often forms folds on its lateral and anterior surfaces. The legs are short and thick, and the entire body has a sparse covering of very short setae.
Species
This genus includes the following species:
Bomis bengalensis Tikader, 1962 – India
Bomis calcuttaensis Biswas & Mazumder, 1981 – India
Bomis hippoponoi Szymkowiak, 2017 – Australia (South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
Bomis khajuriai Tikader, 1980 – India
Bomis larvata L. Koch, 1874 (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
See also
List of Thomisidae species
References
Further reading
Lehtinen, P. T. (2016). "Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s.lat. and Stiphropodidae)". Indian Journal of Arachnology. 5: 143–171.
Szymkowiak, P.; Królikowska, S. (2017). "Redescription of Bomis larvata L. Koch, 1874 with the description of a new Australian species". Zootaxa. 4323 (4): 451–468. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4323.4.1.
Tikader, B. K. (1980). "Thomisidae (Crab-spiders)". Fauna India. 1: 1–247.
Biswas, B.; Mazumder, S. C. (1981). "Description of two new species of crab-spiders of the genera Diaea and Bomis (Family: Thomisidae) from India". Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India. 4: 271–275.
Tikader, B. K.; Biswas, B. (1981). "Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I". Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper. 30: 1–149.