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Ornate Crab Spider
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Ornate Crab Spider

Poecilothomisus speciosus

Poecilothomisus is a genus of spiders in the Thomisidae family. It was first described in 1895 by Simon. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Poecilothomisus speciosus, found in northern Australia.

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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 368475.