Firmicus

Firmicus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.^[2]

Species

As of September 2020 it contains seventeen species and two subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Spain, and France:^[1]

• Firmicus abnormis (Lessert, 1923) – South Africa
• Firmicus arushae Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
• Firmicus aurantipes Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast
• Firmicus biguttatus Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
• Firmicus bimaculatus (Simon, 1886) – Madagascar
• Firmicus bipunctatus Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
• Firmicus bivittatus Simon, 1895 – Spain, France, Algeria
• Firmicus bragantinus (Brito Capello, 1866) (type) – West Africa, Congo, Angola, Sudan
• Firmicus campestratus Simon, 1907 – West Africa, Congo
  • Firmicus c. faradjensis (Lessert, 1928) – Congo
  • Firmicus c. ogoueensis Simon, 1907 – Congo
• Firmicus dewitzi Simon, 1899 – Egypt, Israel, Iran
• Firmicus duriusculus Simon, 1903 – Vietnam
• Firmicus haywoodae Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast
• Firmicus insularis (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles
• Firmicus lentiginosus (Simon, 1886) – Africa
• Firmicus paecilipes Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
• Firmicus strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
• Firmicus werneri Simon, 1906 – Uganda

In synonymy:

• F. marginatus Simon, 1897 = Firmicus insularis (Blackwall, 1877)

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References