''Ricinoides'' is an arthropod
genus
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in the
family
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Ricinoididae, first described by
Henry Ewing in 1929.
Distribution
Species in this genus are found in
West Africa
West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Gha ...
.
Species
it contains sixteen species:
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Ricinoides afzelii''
(Thorell, 1892) — Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone
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Ricinoides atewa''
Naskrecki, 2008 — Ghana
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Ricinoides crassipalpe''
(Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) — Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
* ''
Ricinoides eburneus''
Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Côte d’Ivoire
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Ricinoides feae
''Ricinoides'' is an arthropod genus (biology), genus in the family (biology), family Ricinoididae, first described by Henry Ellsworth Ewing, Henry Ewing in 1929.
Distribution
Species in this genus are found in West Africa.
Species
it conta ...
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(Hansen, 1921) — Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
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Ricinoides hanseni''
Legg, 1976 — Sierra Leone
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Ricinoides iita''
Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Nigeria
* ''
Ricinoides kakum''
Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Ghana
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Ricinoides karschii''
(Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) — Cameroon, Congo, Gabon
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Ricinoides leonensis''
Legg, 1978 — Sierra Leone
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Ricinoides megahanseni''
Legg, 1982 — Côte d’Ivoire
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Ricinoides nzerekorensis''
Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Guinea
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Ricinoides olounoua''
Legg, 1978 — Cameroon
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Ricinoides sjostedtii''
(Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) — Cameroon, Nigeria
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Ricinoides taii''
Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021 — Côte d’Ivoire
* ''
Ricinoides westermannii''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1838) — Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo
References
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Arachnid genera
Ricinulei
Arachnids of Africa