Runcinia
Runcinia is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former R. elongata is a synonym of Thomisus elongatus.Species
it contains thirty species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with a few exceptions:
- Runcinia acuminata – Bangladesh to Japan, New Guinea, Australia
- Runcinia aethiops – Africa
- Runcinia albida – Congo
- Runcinia bifrons – India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Runcinia carae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983 – Botswana, Kenya
- Runcinia caudata Schenkel, 1963 – China
- Runcinia depressa Simon, 1906 – Africa
- Runcinia disticta Thorell, 1891 – Myanmar, Indonesia
- Runcinia dubia Caporiacco, 1940 – Somalia
- Runcinia erythrina Jézéquel, 1964 – West, Southern Africa
- Runcinia escheri Reimoser, 1934 – India
- Runcinia flavida – Spain, Africa
- Runcinia ghorpadei Tikader, 1980 – India
- Runcinia grammica – Europa, Middle East to Iran, Russia, Central Asia, China, Japan. Introduced to St. Helena, South Africa
- Runcinia insecta – Africa, Asia. Introduced to Australia
- Runcinia johnstoni Lessert, 1919 – Africa
- Runcinia khandari Gajbe, 2004 – India
- Runcinia kinbergi Thorell, 1891 – Myanmar, India, Indonesia
- Runcinia longipes Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
- Runcinia manicata Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
- Runcinia multilineata Roewer, 1961 – Senegal
- Runcinia oculifrons Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
- Runcinia plana Simon, 1895 – Paraguay
- Runcinia roonwali Tikader, 1965 – India
- Runcinia sitadongri Gajbe, 2004 – India
- Runcinia soeensis Schenkel, 1944 – Indonesia
- Runcinia spinulosa – Pakistan, India
- Runcinia tarabayevi Marusik & Logunov, 1990 – Central Asia
- Runcinia tropica Simon, 1907 – Africa
- Runcinia yogeshi Gajbe & Gajbe, 2001 – India
In synonymy:
- R. advecticia = Runcinia insecta
- R. affinis Simon, 1897 = Runcinia insecta
- R. albostriata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 = Runcinia insecta
- R. annamita Simon, 1903 = Runcinia insecta
- R. cataracta Lawrence, 1927 = Runcinia insecta
- R. cerina = Runcinia grammica
- R. chauhani Sen & Basu, 1972 = Runcinia insecta
- R. cherapunjea = Runcinia insecta
- R. littorina Lawrence, 1942 = Runcinia flavida
- R. proxima Lessert, 1919 = Runcinia flavida
- R. proxima Millot, 1941 = Runcinia flavida
- R. sangasanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Runcinia insecta
- R. sjostedti Lessert, 1919 = Runcinia johnstoni Lessert, 1919
