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Pycnaxis
T. truciformis, male
T. truciformis, female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Pycnaxis Simon, 1895
Type species
Pycnaxis guttata
Species
7, see text.

Pycnaxis is a genus of Asian crab spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. They are endemic to eastern Asia from China to the Philippines.

Species

As of 2017 it contains seven species:

• Pycnaxis guttata Simon, 1895 - Philippines
• Pycnaxis krakatauensis (Bristowe, 1931) - Krakatau
• Pycnaxis lamellaris (Tang & Li, 2010) - China
• Pycnaxis nigrostriata (Simon, 1886) - Vietnam
• Pycnaxis onoi (Zhang, Zhu & Tso, 2006) - Taiwan
• Pycnaxis truciformis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) - China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
• Pycnaxis tumida (Tang & Li, 2010) - China

References

1. ^ "Thomisidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
2. Simon, E. (1895). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 432–443.

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