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Two-spotted Flower Crab Spider
Thomisus daradioides
Thomisus daradioides is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae. Commonly known as the two-spotted Thomisus crab spider, it is widely distributed from Africa to India.
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Range & habitat
Thomisus daradioides has a broad distribution across the Old World, ranging from Africa to India and Arabia. In Africa, it is known from Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Somalia, Sudan, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Zaire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In South Africa, the species has been recorded from eight provinces. It occurs at elevations ranging from 7 to 2020 meters above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
The species name derives from its resemblance to members of the genus Daradius Thorell, 1870 (now part of Thomisus).
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 693346.