Pherecydes is a genus of African crab spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1883.[2]

Pherecydes
Pherecydes tuberculatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Pherecydes
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883[1]
Type species
P. tuberculatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883
Species

8, see text

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains eight species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Pherecydes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1883). "On some new genera and species of spiders". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 51 (3): 352–365. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1883.tb06654.x.
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