Taxon details


Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-06-17
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030286]
  • Distribution: Africa, Asia. Introduced to Australia
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Type deposit provide information
  • Syntype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Runcinia albostriata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906, 2 f, 1 m (subadult) (4365-128)
  • Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019); m (A0000807) of Diaea insecta L. Koch, 1875
Taxonomic references
Diaea insecta L. Koch, 1875a: 579, pl. 45, f. 1 (Dm).
Runcinia affinis Simon, 1897i: 292 (Df; N.B.: may be a junior S of R. spinulosa, per Marusik, 1993b: 465 and Lehtinen, 2004: 176) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031050].
Runcinia annamita Simon, 1903g: 728 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031053].
Runcinia albostriata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 252, pl. 10, f. 162 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031052].
Plancinus advecticius Simon, 1909e: 140 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031007].
Runcinia cataracta Lawrence, 1927: 36, pl. 1, f. 23 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058057].
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader, 1966g: 53, f. 1a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031430].
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader, 1968b: 104, f. 13-14 (f).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader, 1971a: 24, f. 8K-L (f).
Runcinia chauhani Sen & Basu, 1973: 103, f. 1A-B (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031057].
Runcinia albostriata Song, 1980: 196, f. 110a-e (mf).
Runcinia chauhani Tikader, 1980a: 60, f. 89-90 (f).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader, 1980a: 54, f. 82-83 (f).
Runcinia affinis Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 317, f. 38-42 (mf, S of Runcinia cataracta).
Runcinia albostriata Wang, 1981: 127, f. 68A-C (mf).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 78, f. 139-140 (f).
Runcinia affinis Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 46, f. 28a-c (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Guo, 1985: 167, f. 2-94.1-3 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Yaginuma, 1986a: 210, f. 116.4 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Song, 1987: 267, f. 223 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Zhang, 1987: 219, f. 191.1-3 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Ono, 1988c: 186, f. 187-192 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Feng, 1990: 184, f. 159.1-3 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Chen & Gao, 1990: 170, f. 216a-b (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Chen & Zhang, 1991: 266, f. 278.1-4 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Okuma et al., 1993: 65, f. 55 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Zhao, 1993: 371, f. 182a-b (f).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Barrion & Litsinger, 1994: 291, f. 1462-1463 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Barrion & Litsinger, 1994: 291, f. 1469-1470 (f).
Runcinia sangasanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 221, f. 127a-h (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031074].
Runcinia albostriata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 224, f. 128a-e, 129a-e (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Zhao, 1995: 1088, f. 523a-b (f).
Runcinia albostriata Song & Zhu, 1997: 161, f. 113A-F (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 485, f. 275I, 281H (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Kim & Gwon, 2001: 41, f. 58-63 (mf).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Sunil Jose & Sebastian, 2001b: 184, f. 2A-B (f).
Runcinia albostriata Namkung, 2002: 540, f. 42.23a-b (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Kim & Cho, 2002: 155, f. 295-300 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Namkung, 2003: 543, f. 42.23a-b (mf).
Runcinia affinis Lehtinen, 2004: 175 (S of Plancinus advecticius, Runcinia albostriata, R. annamita, R. chauhani, R. sangasanga and Thomisus cherapunjea).
Runcinia affinis Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 214, f. 634-636 (mf).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Gajbe, 2007: 440, f. 40-41 (f).
Runcinia affinis Ono, 2009a: 528, f. 311-315 (mf).
Runcinia affinis Yin et al., 2012: 1293, f. 696a-e (mf).
Runcinia affinis Kim & Lee, 2012a: 40, f. 16A-E (mf).
Runcinia insecta Szymkowiak, 2014: 450, f. 71A-D, 72A-B (mf, T from Diaea, S of Runcinia affinis).
Runcinia insecta Caleb, 2020b: 15748, f. 23C-F, 31B (f).
Runcinia insecta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 58, 58: 4 f., 59: 2 f. (mf).
Thomisus cherapunjius Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2024: 167, f. 2a-f, 3b (mf, lapsus).
References

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Barrion, A. T. & Litsinger, J. A. (1995). Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 700 pp., 16 pls. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Biswas, V. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2024). Taxonomic account of some crab-spiders genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Misumeninae: Thomisidae) from Bangladesh. Ecology Journal 5(2, 2023): 163-171. [not publ. before March 2024, presumably in June] doi:10.59619/ej.5.2.9 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bösenberg, W. & Strand, E. (1906). Japanische Spinnen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 30: 93-422. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Caleb, J. T. D. (2020b). Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(7): 15711-15766. doi:10.11609/jott.5758.12.7.15711-15766 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, X. E. & Gao, J. C. (1990). The Sichuan farmland spiders in China. Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House, Chengdu, 226 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. (1991). Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou, 356 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1980a). The crab-spiders of southern Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae). 1. The genus Runcinia Simon, 1875. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa 43: 303-326. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1983). The spider genera Misumena, Misumenops, Runcinia and Thomisus (Araneae: Thomisidae) of southern Africa. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture Republic of South Africa 55: 1-66. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020v). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 2 My-R. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 67 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513276 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Feng, Z. Q. (1990). Spiders of China in colour. Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House, 256 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gajbe, U. A. (2007). Araneae: Arachnida. In: Fauna of Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh), State Fauna Series. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata 15(1), 419-540. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Guo, J. F. (ed.) (1985). [Farm spiders from Shaanxi Province]. Shaanxi Science and Technology Press. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Heinrichs, E. A. & Barrion, A. T. (2004). Rice-feeding insects and selected natural enemies in West Africa: biology, ecology, identification. International Rice Research Institute, Manila & Africa Rice Center, Abidjan, 242 pp. [spiders: pp. 192-222] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, J. P. & Gwon, S. P. (2001). A revisional study of the spider family Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 17: 13-78. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, J. P. & Cho, J. H. (2002). Spider: Natural Enemy & Resources. Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), 424 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, S. T. & Lee, S. Y. (2012a). Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae. Thomisid spiders. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea 21(9): 1-88. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1875a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 12-16]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 577-740, pl. 44-65. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1927). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa V. Arachnida. Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 1-75, pl. 1-4. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lehtinen, P. T. (2004). Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. In: Logunov, D. V. & D. Penney (eds.) European Arachnology 2003 (Proceedings of the 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St.-Petersburg, 4-9 August 2003). Arthropoda Selecta, Special Issue 1, 147-184. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. [2001 in the book, but publ. in 2002 per Platnick] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2003). The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Okuma, C., Kamal, N. Q., Hirashima, Y., Alam, M. Z. & Ogata, K. (1993). Illustrated Monograph of the Rice Field Spiders of Bangladesh. Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Agriculture (Salna, Gazipur, Bangladesh). Japan International Cooperation Agency Project Publication, 1, 93 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Ono, H. (1988c). A revisional study of the spider family Thomisidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Japan. National Science Museum, Tokyo, 252 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Ono, H. (2009a). The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, 739 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sen, J. K. & Basu, K. C. (1973). A new spider of the genus Runcinia Simon, 1875 (Thomisidae: Archanida [sic], from India. Journal of the Zoological Society of India 24(1, 1972): 103-104. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897i). Arachnides recueillis par M. M. Maindron à Kurrachee et à Matheran (près Bombay) en 1896. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 3(7): 289-297. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903g). Etudes arachnologiques. 33e Mémoire. LIII. Arachnides recueillis à Phuc-Son (Annam) par M. H. Fruhstorfer (nov-dec. 1899). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 71(4, 1902): 725-736. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1909e). Etude sur les arachnides du Tonkin (1re partie). Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 42: 69-147. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (ed.) (1980). [Farm Spiders]. Science Press, Beijing, 247 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (1987). Spiders from agricultural regions of China (Arachnida: Araneae). Agriculture Publishing House, Beijing, 376 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. & Zhu, M. S. (1997). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae. Science Press, Beijing, 259 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sunil Jose, K. & Sebastian, P. A. (2001b). New report on some crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Kerala, India. Entomon 26: 183-189. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Szymkowiak, P. (2014). Revision of Australian species of the genus Diaea (Araneae: Thomisidae) with redefinition of their taxonomic status. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 64(3): 333-477. doi:10.3161/000345414X684795 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1966g). Studies on some crab-spider (family: Thomisidae) from Khasi and Jaintia hills, Assam, India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science 64(B): 53-61. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1968b). Studies on spider fauna of Khasi and Jaintia hills, Assam, India. Part-II. Journal of the Assam Science Society 10: 102-122. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1971a). Revision of Indian crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 15(8): 1-90. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1980a). Thomisidae (Crab-spiders). Fauna India (Araneae) 1: 1-247. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wang, H. Q. (1981). [Protection and utilization of spiders in paddy fields]. Hunan Press of Science and Technology, 188 pp. (reprinted, 1985) download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 1590 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhang, W. S. (ed.) (1987). [Farm spiders from Hebei Province]. Hebei University of Science and Technology Press, 299 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhao, J. Z. (1993). Spiders in the cotton fields in China. Wuhan Publishing House, Wuhan, China, 552 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhao, J. Z. (1995). Araneida. In: Natural enemies of cotton pests in China. Wuhan Publishing House, Wuhan, China, pp. 762-1155. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-06-17 New taxonomic reference entry Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2024 n/a
2023-06-14 New taxonomic reference entry Zhao, 1995 n/a
2023-01-28 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v n/a
2021-01-03 New taxonomic reference entry Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004 n/a
2020-05-18 New taxonomic reference entry Caleb, 2020b n/a
2015-03-16 New taxonomic reference entry Szymkowiak, 2014 n/a
2015-03-16 Species distribution update Szymkowiak, 2014 n/a (Old value)
2015-03-16 Species synonymy Szymkowiak, 2014 Runcinia affinis synonymized with Runcinia insecta
2015-03-16 Species transferred to new genus Szymkowiak, 2014 Species transferred from Diaea to Runcinia