# Angaeus

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Angaeus
| image = Angaeus sp.jpg
| authority = [Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell), 1881<ref name=NMBE />
| type_species = ''Angaeus pudicus''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 12, see text
| synonyms = 
*''Paraborboropactus''<ref name=benj13 />
}}
'''''Angaeus''''' is a genus of Asian [crab spiders](/source/Thomisidae) first described by [Tamerlan Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell) in 1881.<ref>{{cite journal| last=Thorell| first=T.| year=1881| title=Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova| journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova| volume=17| pages=1–727}}</ref> It is considered a [senior synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) of ''Paraborboropactus''.<ref name=benj13>{{cite journal| last=Benjamin| first=S. P.| year=2013| title=On the crab spider genus Angaeus Thorell, 1881 and its junior synonym Paraborboropactus Tang and Li, 2009 (Araneae: Thomisidae)| journal=Zootaxa| volume=3635| pages=71–80| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.7| pmid=26097932}}</ref>

==Species==
{{as of|2022|12}} it contained twelve species, found in Asia:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. ''Angaeus'' Thorell, 1881| website=World Spider Catalog Version 23.5| accessdate=2022-12-20 |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3585| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>
*''[Angaeus canalis](/source/Angaeus_canalis)'' <small>(Tang & Li, 2010)</small> – [China](/source/China)
*''[Angaeus christae](/source/Angaeus_christae)'' <small>Benjamin, 2013</small> – [Borneo](/source/Borneo)
*''[Angaeus comatulus](/source/Angaeus_comatulus)'' <small>[Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1909</small> – [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)
*''[Angaeus lenticulosus](/source/Angaeus_lenticulosus)'' <small>Simon, 1903</small> – China, Vietnam
*''[Angaeus liangweii](/source/Angaeus_liangweii)'' <small>(Tang & Li, 2010)</small> – China
*''[Angaeus pentagonalis](/source/Angaeus_pentagonalis)'' <small>[Pocock](/source/Reginald_Innes_Pocock), 1901</small> – [India](/source/India) (mainland, Andaman Is.)
*''[Angaeus pudicus](/source/Angaeus_pudicus)'' <small>Thorell, 1881</small> ([type](/source/Type_species)) – [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) ([Moluccas](/source/Moluccas), [Seram Island](/source/Seram_Island))
*''[Angaeus rhombifer](/source/Angaeus_rhombifer)'' <small>Thorell, 1890</small> – China, [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar), Vietnam, [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), [Singapore](/source/Singapore), Indonesia ([Sumatra](/source/Sumatra)), Borneo
*''[Angaeus rhombus](/source/Angaeus_rhombus)'' <small>(Tang & Li, 2009)</small> – China
*''[Angaeus verrucosus](/source/Angaeus_verrucosus)'' <small>Benjamin, 2017</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
*''[Angaeus xieluae](/source/Angaeus_xieluae)'' <small>(Liu, 2022)</small> – China
*''[Angaeus zhengi](/source/Angaeus_zhengi)'' <small>(Tang & Li, 2009)</small> – China

==See also==
* [List of Thomisidae species](/source/List_of_Thomisidae_species)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal| last1=Tang| first1=G.| last2=Li| first2=S. Q.| year=2009| title=''Paraborboropactus'' gen. nov., with description of three new species of crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)| journal=Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica| pages=712–721| volume=34}}
*{{cite journal| last=Lehtinen| first=P. T.| year=2016| title=Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s.lat. and Stiphropodidae)| journal=Indian Journal of Arachnology| pages=143–171| volume=5}}
*{{cite journal| last1=Tang| first1=G.| last2=Li| first2=S. Q.| year=2010| title=Crab spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)| journal=Zootaxa| pages=1–68| volume=2369| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2369.1.1}}
*{{cite journal| last1=Tang| first1=G.| last2=Li| first2=S. Q.| year=2010| title=Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)| journal=Zootaxa| pages=1–105| volume=2703| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2703.1.1| s2cid=16523262}}

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Category:Thomisidae genera
Category:Spiders of Asia
Category:Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell

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