Thomisus zyuzini Marusik & Logunov, 1990
Description
Male
Prosoma dark brown, covered with setae, margin with denticles. Ocular area yellow, clypeus light brown. Legs I and II dark brown with yellow tarsi, legs III and IV yellow. Opisthosoma cream coloured with brown setae.
Body length male: 1.3 mmFemale
Prosoma yellow, with light yellow median band. Prosoma length: 2.75 mm. Chelicerae and palps whitish. Legs yellow, ventral side whitish, patellae I and II whitish on pro- and retrolateral side.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Demir et al. 2008b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Demir et al. 2008b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dekkoumi et al. 2026)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Dekkoumi et al. 2026)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Marusik & Logunov 1995a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kiany et al. 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kiany et al. 2017)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Dekkoumi et al. 2026)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Marusik & Logunov 1995a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Marusik & Logunov 1990)
Epigyne
(Dekkoumi et al. 2026)
Epigyne
(Kiany et al. 2017)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Marusik & Logunov 1990)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Marusik & Logunov 1990)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 
Dekkoumi B, Alioua Y, Meddour S (2026) Additions to the spider fauna (Araneae) of Algeria: first records of five species from the northern Sahara. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 12: 109-121
Demir H, Aktas M, Topçu A (2008b) Two thomisid species new to the Turkish spider fauna: Ozyptila tricoloripes Strand, 1913 and Thomisus zyuzini Marusik & Logunov, 1990 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Turkish Journal of Arachnology 1(1): 44-48
Kiany N, Sadeghi S, Kiany M, Zamani A, Ostovani S (2017) Additions to the crab spider fauna of Iran (Araneae: Thomisidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 53: 1-8
Marusik Y M, Logunov D V (1990) The crab spiders of Middle Asia, USSR (Aranei, Thomisidae). 1. Descriptions and notes on distribution of some species. Korean Arachnology 6: 31-62
Marusik Y M, Logunov D V (1995a) The crab spiders of Middle Asia (Aranei, Thomisidae), 2. Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 133-175
Nuruyeva T, Zamani A (2025) An annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Azerbaijan. Zootaxa 5680: 1-168
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2