Stephanopis

Stephanopis
	S. altifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Stephanopis; Pickard-Cambridge[1]
Type species
	Stephanopis altifrons;
Species
	60, see text

Stephanopis is a genus of crab spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1869.[2] The genus Stephanopis was erected for five newly described species, including S. altifrons, from Australia.[3] Stephanopis was characterized by the high cephalic region with unequally sized anterior eyes (ALE larger than AME) disposed in a strongly recurved row, opisthosoma ending in several spiniform projections and dorsoventrally depressed habitus.[4] According to Pickard-Cambridge, the single specimen used for the description of S. altifrons was dry-pinned. Therefore the specimen could not be properly examined, so it was not possible to determine if the specimen was adult. Moreover, he states his own sketch of the spider as “hasty”. This may explain why the somatic characters were inadequately described, genitalic features were not mentioned at all, and the illustrations were not detailed enough, making the species unidentifiable.[5]

Species

As of 2017, it the following species:[1]

Stephanopis acanthogastra Mello-Leitão, 1929
Stephanopis ahenea Soares & Soares, 1946
Stephanopis altifrons O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
Stephanopis angulata Rainbow, 1899
Stephanopis antennata Tullgren, 1902
Stephanopis armata L. Koch, 1874
Stephanopis aruana Thorell, 1881
Stephanopis aspera Rainbow, 1893
Stephanopis badia Keyserling, 1880
Stephanopis barbipes Keyserling, 1890
Stephanopis bella Soares & Soares, 1946
Stephanopis bicornis L. Koch, 1874
Stephanopis borgmeyeri Mello-Leitão, 1929
Stephanopis bradleyi Mello-Leitão, 1929
Stephanopis cambridgei Thorell, 1870
Stephanopis championi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900)
Stephanopis cheesmanae Berland, 1938
Stephanopis clavata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
Stephanopis colatinae Soares & Soares, 1946
Stephanopis corticalis L. Koch, 1876
Stephanopis cristipes Kulczyński, 1911
Stephanopis depressa Bradley, 1871
Stephanopis ditissima (Nicolet, 1849)
Stephanopis elongata Bradley, 1871
Stephanopis erinacea Karsch, 1878
Stephanopis exigua (Nicolet, 1849)
Stephanopis fissifrons Rainbow, 1920
Stephanopis furcillata Keyserling, 1880
Stephanopis hystrix Mello-Leitão, 1951
Stephanopis lata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
Stephanopis longimana Thorell, 1881
Stephanopis macleayi Bradley, 1871
Stephanopis macrostyla Mello-Leitão, 1929
Stephanopis malacostracea (Walckenaer, 1837)
Stephanopis maulliniana Mello-Leitão, 1951
Stephanopis minuta L. Koch, 1876
Stephanopis monticola Bradley, 1871
Stephanopis monulfi Chrysanthus, 1964
Stephanopis nigra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
Stephanopis nodosa (Nicolet, 1849)
Stephanopis obtusifrons Rainbow, 1902
Stephanopis ornata L. Koch, 1876
Stephanopis palliolata Simon, 1908
Stephanopis parahybana Mello-Leitão, 1929
Stephanopis pentacantha Mello-Leitão, 1929
Stephanopis quimiliensis Mello-Leitão, 1942
Stephanopis quinquetuberculata (Taczanowski, 1872)
Stephanopis renipalpis Mello-Leitão, 1929
Stephanopis rufiventris Bradley, 1871
Stephanopis salobrensis Mello-Leitão, 1929
Stephanopis scabra L. Koch, 1874
Stephanopis secata (Walckenaer, 1805)
Stephanopis spissa (Nicolet, 1849)
Stephanopis stelloides (Walckenaer, 1837)
Stephanopis thomisoides Bradley, 1871
Stephanopis trilobata Mello-Leitão, 1929
Stephanopis tuberculata Bradley, 1871
Stephanopis verrucosa (Nicolet, 1849)
Stephanopis vilosa Rainbow, 1911
Stephanopis yulensis Thorell, 1881

References

"Thomisidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1869). "Descriptions and sketches of some new species of Araneida, with characters of a new genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (3): 52–74.
Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A., & Milledge, G. A. (2019). “On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae).” Records of the Australian Museum, 71(6), 217–276.
Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A., & Milledge, G. A. (2019). “On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae).” Records of the Australian Museum, 71(6), 217–276.
Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A., & Milledge, G. A. (2019). “On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae).” Records of the Australian Museum, 71(6), 217–276.

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[NMBE-1] "Thomisidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-20.

[2] Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1869). "Descriptions and sketches of some new species of Araneida, with characters of a new genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (3): 52–74.

[3] Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A., & Milledge, G. A. (2019). “On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae).” Records of the Australian Museum, 71(6), 217–276.

[4] Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A., & Milledge, G. A. (2019). “On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae).” Records of the Australian Museum, 71(6), 217–276.

[5] Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A., & Milledge, G. A. (2019). “On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae).” Records of the Australian Museum, 71(6), 217–276.