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Thomisus blandus
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Thomisus blandus

Thomisus blandus is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae. It is commonly known as the masked crab spider due to the distinctive dark triangular pattern between the anterior eyes of females. The species is widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 553919.