Diaea

Diaea is a genus of crab spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Most species are found in specific locations except for D. livens, which occurs in the United States and D. dorsata, which has a palearctic distribution. Adults are to and tend to hide in and around vegetation, especially flowers, where their color allows them to blend in to their surroundings.

Diaea is a genus of crab spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Most species are found in specific locations except for D. livens, which occurs in the United States and D. dorsata, which has a palearctic distribution. Adults are to and tend to hide in and around vegetation, especially flowers, where their color allows them to blend in to their surroundings. ==Species== Diaea ambara 13466270.jpg|D. ambara Flower spider with moth02.jpg|D. evanida Diaea livens 2.jpg|female D. livens Diaea longisetosa 298602738 537885176.jpg|male D. longisetosa Diaea.subdola.female.1.-.tanikawa.jpg|female D. subdola , this genus includes 46 species: Diaea albicincta Pavesi, 1883 – Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa Diaea albolimbata L. Koch, 1875 – New Zealand Diaea ambara (Urquhart, 1885) – New Zealand Diaea bengalensis Biswas & Mazumder, 1981 – India Diaea bipunctata Rainbow, 1902 – Vanuatu Diaea carangali Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Diaea delata Karsch, 1880 – Angola Diaea doleschalli Hogg, 1915 – Indonesia (New Guinea) Diaea dorsata (Fabricius, 1777) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Iran (type species) Diaea erji Chen, Liu & Hu, 2025 – China Diaea giltayi Roewer, 1938 – Indonesia (New Guinea) Diaea graphica Simon, 1882 – Yemen Diaea gyoja Ono, 1985 – Russia (Far East), Japan Diaea implicata Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast Diaea insignis Thorell, 1877 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) Diaea limbata Kulczyński, 1911 – Indonesia (New Guinea) Diaea livens Simon, 1876 – Southern and Central Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran. Introduced to United States Diaea longisetosa Roewer, 1961 – Senegal, South Africa Diaea mikhailovi Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2004 – China Diaea mutabilis Kulczyński, 1901 – Ethiopia Diaea nakajimai Ono, 1993 – Madagascar Diaea ocellata Rainbow, 1898 – Papua New Guinea Diaea osmanii Zamani & Marusik, 2017 – Iran Diaea papuana Kulczyński, 1911 – Indonesia (New Guinea) Diaea placata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Sri Lanka Diaea pougneti Simon, 1886 – India Diaea proclivis Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea Diaea puncta Karsch, 1884 – Sub-Saharan Africa Diaea rohani Fage, 1923 – Angola, South Africa Diaea rufoannulata Simon, 1880 – New Caledonia Diaea semilutea Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea Diaea seminola Gertsch, 1939 – United States Diaea septempunctata L. Koch, 1874 – Tonga, Papua New Guinea? Diaea shirleyi Hogg, 1922 – Vietnam Diaea sphaeroides (Urquhart, 1885) – New Zealand Diaea spiniformis (Yang, Zhu & Song, 2006) – China Diaea spinosa Keyserling, 1880 – Colombia Diaea subdola O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Pakistan, India, China, Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan Diaea suspiciosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Central Asia, Mongolia, China, India? Diaea tadtadtinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Diaea taibeli Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya Diaea terrena Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan Diaea tianpingensis Liu, Zhang & Chen, 2021 – China Diaea tongatabuensis Strand, 1913 – Polynesia Diaea viridipes Strand, 1909 – South Africa Diaea zonura Thorell, 1892 – Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) ==References==

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