Family Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833
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Posterior part of the opisthosoma angularly widened; lateral eyes on each side on a shared prosomal protrusion

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(1)		 Colouration red-brown to grey-black; opisthosoma as fig.; mainly on shrubs.

Pistius
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Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Bellmann 1997)

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Habitus
(Brændegaard 1966)
- Colouration of males pale yellow to yellow-green, females white, yellowish or pink; often on flowers; habitus and eye position as fig.

Thomisus
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female Habitus
(Roberts 1985a)

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Ocular area
(Bellmann 1997)
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(1)		 Prosoma and legs shiny brown-black; opisthosoma rounded like a lens, bright yellow, dorsally with variable black pattern

Synema
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female Eyes, frontal view
(Ono 1988)

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female Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
- Different

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(3)		 The whole body covered with long off-standing hairs; colouration bright green (rarely bright yellow), sometimes prosoma with one, opisthosoma with 3 bright longitudinal stripes (colour bleaches in alcohol); habitus as fig.

Heriaeus
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Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
- Different

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(4)		 Anterior lateral eyes and posterior lateral eyes on a shared protrusion

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Anterior lateral eyes and posterior lateral eyes on separated protrusions

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(5)		 Distance between anterior median eyes equals distance between posterior median eyes; colouration of male prosoma and legs brown-black, opisthosoma brighter; females mostly white or yellow, opisthosoma laterally sometimes with red or brown stripes; often couching on flowers

Misumena
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male Habitus
(Ono 1988)

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female Habitus
(Ono 1988)

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Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
- Distance between anterior median eyes is smaller than distance between posterior median eyes; colouration of prosoma and legs yellowish or green, male opisthosoma brown with bright medium stripe; female opisthosoma yellow-greenish with brown markings

Ebrechtella
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Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
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Opisthosoma with a caudal tail-like prolongation or posterior part tip-like elevated

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Different

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(7)		 Opisthosoma elevated, posterior part wedge-shaped; brown-grey, adopted to bark

Tmarus
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Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Bellmann 1997)

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Habitus, lateral view
(Roberts 1995)
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Prosoma distinctly longer than wide, opisthosoma long and slender, dorsally flat, posterior part cone-shaped, very elongated, extending beyond spinnerets, legs thick and very long

Monaeses
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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1973)

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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1973)

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female Eyes, frontal view
(Levy 1973)
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female Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1973)
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(7)		 A hump between the lateral eyes; habitus as fig.

Runcinia
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Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
- Different

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(9)		 Anterior eye row nearly straight; clypeus height equals one diameter of the anterior median eyes; body strongly flattened; colouration brown with fine yellowish pattern; under bark

Coriarachne
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Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
- Anterior eye row clearly bent; clypeus height equals + 2 diameters of the anterior median eyes; body not remarkably flattened

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(10)		 Prosoma and legs green (rarely reddish), colour bleaches in alcohol; opisthosoma creamy yellow, dorsally with brown pattern

Diaea
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Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
- Colouration primarily yellow, brown, grey or black

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(11)		 Width of the median eye quadrangle larger or equally its length; tibia I ventrally at least with 4 pairs of spines; body hairs always pointed; opisthosoma mostly with distinct dark pattern; body length of males 3-7 mm, of females 5 -10 mm; habitus as fig.

Xysticus
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Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
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Width of the median eye quadrangle smaller than its length; tibia I ventrally with 2 pairs of spines; body hairs pointed or club-shaped; body length of males 2-4 mm, of females 3-6 mm

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Male pedipalpus with tegular apophysis, epigyne with hoods, body length 2 – 6 mm

Ozyptila
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
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Male pedipalpus without tegular apophysis, cymbium with well-developed tutacular groove for the apex of the embolus, male opisthosoma with weakly limited scutum, covering 2/3 of the opisthosoma, epigyne without hoods, epigynal plate with massive outgrowth, vulva without ducts, body length 2.5 – 4 mm

Cozyptila
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
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Further species:

Only one male has been described from this species, and since 1895 no more specimens were collected. Only France and Spain. Firmicus bivittatus

Firmicus
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male Pedipalp
(Simon 1932)
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Further species:

Since the first collection of both sexes, 1952 in Azerbaijan, no further specimens were identified. Misumenops armatus

Misumenops
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Further subspecies:

Only one subspecies in Europe (France): Bassaniana versicolor baudueri

Bassaniana
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Déjean & Ledoux 2013)

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male Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Déjean & Ledoux 2013)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Déjean & Ledoux 2013)

Further genera