Parabomis is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1901 by Władysław Kulczyński.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Parabomis Kulczyński, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Parabomis levanderi Kulczyński, 1901
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| Species | |
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Species edit
As of May 2022[update] it contains six species, found only in Africa:[2]
- Parabomis elsae Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020 – South Africa
- Parabomis levanderi Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea
- Parabomis martini Lessert, 1919 – Guinea, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Parabomis megae Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020 – Zimbabwe
- Parabomis pilosa Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020 – Botswana, South Africa
- Parabomis wandae Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020 – Ivory Coast, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya
References edit
- ^ Kulczyński, Władysław (1901). "Arachnoidea in Colonia Erythraea a Dre K. M. Levander collecta". Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzen Wydzialu Matematyczno Przyrodniczego Akademji Umiejetnosci, Krakow. 41: 1–64.
- ^ "Gen. Parabomis Kulczyński, 1901". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 25 May 2022.