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Ricinoides

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Ricinoides
Male Ricinoides karschii from Cameroon
Ricinoides atewa nymph from Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ricinulei
Family: Ricinoididae
Genus: Ricinoides
Ewing, 1929
Type species
Ricinoides westermannii
(Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
Species

16, see text

Synonyms
  • Cryptostemma Guérin-Méneville, 1838[1]

Ricinoides is an arthropod genus in the family Ricinoididae, first described by Henry Ewing in 1929.[2]

Distribution

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Species in this genus are found in West Africa.

Species

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As of October 2022 it contains sixteen species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hansen, Hans; Sörensen, William (1904). On two orders of Arachnida. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  2. ^ Ewing, Henry (1929). "A synopsis of the American arachnids of the primitive order Ricinulei". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 22 (4): 583–600. doi:10.1093/aesa/22.4.583.
  3. ^ "Ricinoides Ewing, 1929". World Ricinulei Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.