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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Pistius  Simon, 1875   2 species

Pistius undulatus Karsch, 1879

Description

Prosoma and opisthosoma with long, spine-shaped bristles, prosomal margin with short bent bristles.

Body length male: 3.0 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Italy  Removed (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) |||
References

Buchar J, Thaler K (1995b) Zur Variation der Kopulationsorgane von Pistius truncatus (Pallas) (Araneida, Thomisidae) in Mitteleuropa. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 27: 653-663 pdf

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Lehtinen P T (2004) Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. In Logunov, D. V. & D. Penney (eds.), European Arachnology 2003 (Proceedings of the 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St.-Petersburg, 4-9 August 2003). Arthropoda Selecta, Special Issue 1: 147-184 pdf

Ono H (1985) Revision einiger Arten der Familie Thomisidae (Arachnida, Araneae) aus Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 11: 19-39 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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