Thomisops

Thomisops is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1879 by Ferdinand Karsch. As of 2025^[update], it contains eight species from Africa, and two from China.^[1]

Thomisops
T. sulcatus in South Africa
T. bullatus in South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Thomisops Karsch[1]
Type species
Thomisops pupa
Species
10, see text

Name

The genus name is a combination of the crab spider genus Thomisus and Ancient Greek ὤψ (ops) "eye".

Species

• 
  T. senegalensis from South Africa
• 
  T. pupa from Zimbabwe
• 
  T. granulatus from South Africa

As of September 2025^[update], Thomisops comprises the following species:^[1]

• Thomisops altus Tang & Li, 2010 – China
• Thomisops bullatus Simon, 1895 – Southern Africa
• Thomisops cretaceus Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast, Cameroon
• Thomisops granulatus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 – South Africa
• Thomisops lesserti Millot, 1942 – West, Central, Southern Africa
• Thomisops melanopes Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 – South Africa
• Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879 – Africa
• Thomisops sanmen Song, Zhang & Zheng, 1992 – China
• Thomisops senegalensis Millot, 1942 – West, Central, Southern Africa
• Thomisops sulcatus Simon, 1895 – Africa