Tibellus
Tibellus is a genus of slender crab spiders described by Simon in 1875, belonging to the order Araneae, family Philodromidae. Species of this genus are present in Eurasia, Africa, Americas and Australia.
Description
Adult members of this genus can reach of length and can mostly be encountered above the soil surface on low vegetation, foliage or herbaceous plants, where they actively pursue their preys, as they do not make webs. This genus, which includes active hunters, was once considered a subfamily within the sedentary 'crab spiders'.The basic color of the body is light brown or pale yellow. It is elongate and slender, the carapace and the cylindrical abdomen show a large brown stripe in the midline of the back. The long and thin legs are more or less equal in length and they usually are stretched out along grass stems or leaves, the first two pairs forwardly directed.
They generally have eight black equal-sized eyes in two horizontal rows of four each, with posterior median ones close to each other.
Species list
, this genus includes 51 species and two subspecies:Tibellus affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – MexicoTibellus armatus Lessert, 1928 – DR Congo, Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South AfricaTibellus asiaticus Kulczyński, 1908 – Russia, North AmericaTibellus aspersus Danilov, 1991 – Russia, Far East)Tibellus australis – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South AfricaTibellus bruneitarsis Lawrence, 1952 – Zimbabwe, South AfricaTibellus californicus Schick, 1965 – United StatesTibellus chamberlini Gertsch, 1933 – Canada, United StatesTibellus chaturshingi Tikader, 1962 – IndiaTibellus chilensis Mello-Leitão, 1943 – ChileTibellus cobusi Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 – Somalia, Mozambique, South AfricaTibellus cucurbitus Yang, Zhu & Song, 2005 – ChinaTibellus demangei Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast, South AfricaTibellus deokjeok Jang, Lee, Yoo, Bae & Kim, 2023 – KoreaTibellus duttoni – Canada, United States, MexicoTibellus fengi Efimik, 1999 – Russia, China, Korea, JapanTibellus flavipes Caporiacco, 1939 – Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South AfricaTibellus gerhardi Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 – Sudan, DR Congo, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South AfricaTibellus gimcheon Jang, Lee, Yoo, Bae & Kim, 2023 – KoreaTibellus hollidayi Lawrence, 1952 – Ethiopia, DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South AfricaTibellus insularis Gertsch, 1933 – CubaTibellus jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 – IndiaTibellus japonicus Efimik, 1999 – Russia,, China, Korea, JapanTibellus katrajghatus Tikader, 1962 – IndiaTibellus kibonotensis Lessert, 1919 – Burkina Faso, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South AfricaTibellus kimi Kim & Seong, 2015 – KoreaTibellus macellus Simon, 1875 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia,, Kazakhstan- * Tibellus macellus georgicus Mcheidze, 1997 – GeorgiaTibellus maritimus – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia, Central Asia, ChinaTibellus minor Lessert, 1919 – Sub-Saharan AfricaTibellus nigeriensis Millot, 1942 – Cabo Verde, MaliTibellus nimbaensis Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 – GuineaTibellus oblongus – North America, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia,, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
- * Tibellus oblongus maculatus Caporiacco, 1950 – ItalyTibellus orientis Efimik, 1999 – Russia, ChinaTibellus pashanensis Tikader, 1980 – IndiaTibellus pateli Tikader, 1980 – IndiaTibellus poonaensis Tikader, 1962 – IndiaTibellus propositus Roewer, 1951 – China, Tibellus rothi Schick, 1965 – United StatesTibellus septempunctatus Millot, 1942 – GuineaTibellus seriepunctatus Simon, 1907 – Sub-Saharan AfricaTibellus shikerpurensis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2003 – BangladeshTibellus sihwa Jang, Lee, Yoo, Bae & Kim, 2023 – KoreaTibellus somaliensis Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 – Somalia, ZimbabweTibellus spinosus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1941 – ArgentinaTibellus sunetae Van den Berg & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 – Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South AfricaTibellus tenellus – Australia Tibellus utotchkini Ponomarev, 2008 – France, Romania, Moldova, Russia, Caucasus)Tibellus vitilis Simon, 1906 – India, Sri LankaTibellus vossioni Simon, 1884 – Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, South Africa, Saudi ArabiaTibellus yeongdong Jang, Lee, Yoo, Bae & Kim, 2023 – KoreaTibellus zhui Tang & Song, 1989 – China