Taxon details

Family: Thomisidae / Genus: Nyctimus

Nyctimus bistriatus Thorell, 1877

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-10-10
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030777]
  • Distribution: Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei), Indonesia (Sumatra, Sulawesi)
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Taxonomic references
Nyctimus bistriatus Thorell, 1877b: 499 (Dm).
Zametopias speculator Thorell, 1892a: 123 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032124].
Nyctimus binotatus Lehtinen, 2016: 166 (lapsus, S of Zametopias speculator).
Nyctimus bistriatus Benjamin et al., 2025: 98, f. 1A-B, 2A-D, 3A-D (mf).
References

Benjamin, S. P., Dhiya'ulhaq, N. U., Deeleman-Reinhold, C., Buchori, D., Hidayat, P., Scheu, S. & Drescher, J. (2025). Taxonomic notes on the crab-spider genera Nyctimus Thorell, 1877 and Zametopina Simon, 1909 (Araneae, Thomisidae) with descriptions of six new species from Southeast Asia. ZooKeys 1255: 95-125. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1255.158380 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lehtinen, P. T. (2016). Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s.lat. and Stiphropodidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 143-171. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1877b). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 10: 341-637. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1892a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 31: 1-490. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-10-10 New taxonomic reference entry Benjamin et al., 2025 n/a
2025-10-10 Species distribution update Benjamin et al., 2025 n/a (Old value)
2017-07-11 New taxonomic reference entry Lehtinen, 2016 n/a
2017-07-11 Species synonymy Lehtinen, 2016 Nyctimus speculator synonymized with Nyctimus bistriatus