Diaea Thorell, 1869

Szymkowiak, Pawel, 2007, Redescription of Australian crab spider Diaea pulleinei Rainbow, 1915 (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 1425, pp. 11-20 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.175705
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6245963
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scientific name	Diaea Thorell, 1869
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Genus Diaea Thorell, 1869 View in CoL View at ENA

Diana Simon, 1864 : Simon, E. Histoire nat. Araign. (Araneidés), Paris, p. 432 (preoccupied by Diana Risso, 1826 ). Diaea Thorell, 1869 : Thorell, T. Nova Acta reg. Soc. sci. Upsaliae, 7 (3), p. 37 (new name for Diana Simon, 1864 ). Type species: Aranea dorsata Fabricius, 1777 : Fabricius, J. C. Genera insectorum eorumque characteres naturales, secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem omnium partium oris; adjecta mantissa specierum nuper detectarum. Chilonii, p. 249.

Distribution. cosmopolitan genus, recorded from all regions of the world.

Remarks. At present the genus is known to comprise 79 species ( Platnick 2006).