''Angaeus'' is a genus of Asian

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first described by

Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...

in 1881. It is considered a

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of ''Paraborboropactus''.

Species

it contained twelve species, found in Asia: *'' Angaeus canalis'' (Tang & Li, 2010) –

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*'' Angaeus christae'' Benjamin, 2013 –

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*'' Angaeus comatulus'' Simon, 1909 –

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*'' Angaeus lenticulosus'' Simon, 1903 – China, Vietnam *'' Angaeus liangweii'' (Tang & Li, 2010) – China *'' Angaeus pentagonalis'' Pocock, 1901 –

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(mainland, Andaman Is.) *'' Angaeus pudicus'' Thorell, 1881 (

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) –

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(

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) *'' Angaeus rhombifer'' Thorell, 1890 – China,

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, Vietnam,

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, Indonesia (

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), Borneo *'' Angaeus rhombus'' (Tang & Li, 2009) – China *'' Angaeus verrucosus'' Benjamin, 2017 – Malaysia (Borneo) *''

Angaeus xieluae ''Angaeus'' is a genus of Asian Thomisidae, crab spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881. It is considered a Synonym_(taxonomy)#Zoology, senior synonym of ''Paraborboropactus''. Species it contained twelve species, found in Asia: *'' ...

'' (Liu, 2022) – China *'' Angaeus zhengi'' (Tang & Li, 2009) – China

Species

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