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Diaea

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Diaea dorsata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Diaea
Diversity
79 species
Species

D. dorsata
 many more, see text

Diaea is a spider genus of the family Thomisidae (crab spiders).

[edit] Distribution

While most species occur in Africa, Asia and the Australian region, only two species are found in the New World, D. seminola in the USA and D. spinosa in Colombia. In addition, D. livens occurs both in the USA and Central Europe. The only other species found in Europe is D. dorsata, which has a palearctic distribution.

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