Cymbacha

Cymbacha
C. saucia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Cymbacha L. Koch, 1874[1]
Type species
C. festiva L. Koch, 1874
Species
8, see text

Cymbacha is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1874.[2]

Species

As of July 2020^[update] it contains eight species, endemic to Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Sri Lanka:[1]

• Cymbacha cerea L. Koch, 1876 – Australia (Queensland)
• Cymbacha festiva L. Koch, 1874 (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Cymbacha ocellata L. Koch, 1874 – Australia (Queensland)
• Cymbacha saucia L. Koch, 1874 – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
• Cymbacha setosa L. Koch, 1874 – Australia (Queensland)
• Cymbacha similis L. Koch, 1876 – Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania)
• Cymbacha simplex Simon, 1895 – Sri Lanka
• Cymbacha striatipes L. Koch, 1876 – Australia (Queensland)

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References

1. "Gen. Cymbacha L. Koch, 1874". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
2. Koch, L. (1874). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Bauer & Raspe. pp. 473–576. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660.

Further reading

• Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
• Chrysanthus, P. (1964). "Spiders from south New Guinea VI". Nova Guinea, Zoology. 28: 87–104.
• Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 17: 1–727.