Crab Spiders

Tharpyna L. Koch, 1874

Type species: Tharpyna diademata L. Koch, 1874

Fauna Portal Genus Number: 1008

The largely Australian crab spider genus Tharpyna has not been revised with modern taxonomic methods. These are dark brown to black, doso-ventrally flattened spiders with white or pale carapace and abdominal markings. The retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male pedipalp is very complex, the atrium of the female epigyne longer than wide.

The genital morphology of both males and females is similar to that of Australomisidia as diagnosed in Szymkoviak (2014), but species of that genus are generally lighter and their abdominal pattern is often longitudinal linear.