{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon=Thomisops | image = Thomisops sulcatus, Dewetsnek, b.jpg | image_caption = ''T. sulcatus'' in South Africa | image2 = Thomisops bullatus 12023056.jpg | image2_caption = ''T. bullatus'' in South Africa | authority=Karsch<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''Thomisops pupa'' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision=10, see text }} '''''Thomisops''''' is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1879 by Ferdinand Karsch. {{As of|2025}}, it contains eight species from Africa, and two from China.<ref name=NMBE />
==Name== The genus name is a combination of the crab spider genus ''Thomisus'' and Ancient Greek ὤψ (ops) "eye".
==Species== <gallery mode=packed> File:Thomisops senegalensis 246526432.jpg|''T. senegalensis'' from South Africa File:Thomisops pupa 334116706.jpg|''T. pupa'' from Zimbabwe File:Thomisops granulatus 338521929.jpg|''T. granulatus'' from South Africa </gallery>
{{as of|2025|09}}, ''Thomisops'' comprises the following species:<ref name=NMBE /><!--When updating this list, please also update the list at List of Thomisidae species#Thomisops--> *''Thomisops altus'' <small>Tang & Li, 2010</small> – China *''Thomisops bullatus'' <small>Simon, 1895</small> – Southern Africa *''Thomisops cretaceus'' <small>Jézéquel, 1964</small> – Ivory Coast, Cameroon *''Thomisops granulatus'' <small>Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989</small> – South Africa *''Thomisops lesserti'' <small>Millot, 1942</small> – West, Central, Southern Africa *''Thomisops melanopes'' <small>Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989</small> – South Africa *''Thomisops pupa'' <small>Karsch, 1879</small> – Africa *''Thomisops sanmen'' <small>Song, Zhang & Zheng, 1992</small> – China *''Thomisops senegalensis'' <small>Millot, 1942</small> – West, Central, Southern Africa *''Thomisops sulcatus'' <small>Simon, 1895</small> – Africa
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=NMBE>{{cite web|title=Genus ''Thomisops''| website=World Spider Catalog | publisher=Natural History Museum Bern | accessdate=2025-09-15 | url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3740}}</ref> }}
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Category:Thomisidae Category:Araneomorphae genera Category:Spiders of China Category:Spiders of Africa
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