Small Dot Crab Spider
The female is bright white, with up to three pairs of small black dots laterally on the dorsum (posterior pair largest). A narrow and predominantly white ocular mask-like pattern of its face separates it from the mature females of other Thomisus species in Singapore.
| Length | ♀ 5 mm; ♂ 2–3 mm |
| Type Locality | Yunnan, China |
| Distribution | Singapore, China. |
| Habitat | Secondary vegetation, inhabiting flowering shrubs like the Singapore Rhododendron. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Thomisus zhui (Original description ♂♀)
Tang & Song, 1988a On new species of the family Thomisidae from China (Arachnida: Araneae): 249, f. 13-17
Thomisus zhui (♂♀)
Song & Zhu, 1997 Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae: 171, f. 121A-F
Thomisus zhui (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 487, f. 283C, N
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, China.