Bassaniana Explained

Bassaniana, commonly called bark crab spiders, is a widespread genus of crab spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1928.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species, found in Europe, Asia, and North America:^[2]

• Bassaniana baudueri (Simon, 1877) – Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania
• Bassaniana birudis Im, Kim & Lee, 2021 – Korea^[3]
• Bassaniana decorata (Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Bassaniana floridana (Banks, 1896) – USA
• Bassaniana ora Seo, 1992 – Korea
• Bassaniana utahensis (Gertsch, 1932) – USA, Canada
• Bassaniana versicolor (Keyserling, 1880) (type) – North America

In synonymy:

• B. aemula ) = Bassaniana versicolor (Keyserling, 1880)
• B. albomaculatus (Kulczyński, 1891) = Bassaniana baudueri (Simon, 1877)
• B. japonicus (Simon, 1886) = Bassaniana decorata (Karsch, 1879)
• B. pichoni (Schenkel, 1963) = Bassaniana decorata (Karsch, 1879)
• B. typica (Kishida, 1913) = Bassaniana decorata (Karsch, 1879)

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

Further reading

• Bowling. T. A.. Sauer. R. J.. 1975. A taxonomic revision of the crab spider genus Coriarachne (Araneida, Thomisidae) for North America north of Mexico. Journal of Arachnology. 183–193. 2.
• Gertsch. W. J.. 1953. The spider genera Xysticus, Coriarachne and Oxyptila (Thomisidae, Misumeninae) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 415–482. 102.
• Book: Ono, H.. 1988. A revisional study of the spider family Thomisidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Japan. National Science Museum, Tokyo. 252.
• Gertsch. W. J.. 1939. A revision of the typical crab spiders (Misumeninae) of America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 277–442. 76.
• Gertsch. W. J.. 1932. A new generic name for Coriarachne versicolor Keyserling, with new species. American Museum Novitates. 1–7. 563.

External links

• Bassaniana at BugGuide

Notes and References

1. Strand. E.. 1928. Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica, I-II. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 30–75. 92. A8. Embrik Strand.
2. 2021. Gen. Bassaniana Strand, 1928. live. World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. 25 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430095134/https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3591 . 2019-04-30 .
3. Im . Jae Seong . Kim . Seung Tae . Lee . Sue Yeon . Bassaniana birudis sp. nov., a new crab spider (Araneae, Thomisidae) from South Korea . Biodiversity Data Journal . 17 November 2021 . 9 . e73109 . 10.3897/BDJ.9.e73109 . free . 34840507 . 8613144 .