Camaricus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.
Distribution Species in this genus are found in Africa, Asia, and on New Caledonia.
Life style Camaricus can be found on vegetation, usually in grass and in the herb layer.
Description Females and males are 7 to 9 mm in total length. The carapace is reddish brown, shiny, and evenly convex dorsally with black spots over the lateral eyes. The median ocular quadrangle is wider than long and narrower anteriorly than posteriorly. The anterior eye row is slightly recurved while the posterior eye row is more strongly recurved.
The abdomen is round and slightly flattened dorsally, decorated with distinct yellow and black patterns. The legs are paler with distinct longitudinal bands or spots, and legs I and II are not much longer than III and IV.
Males resemble the female but are only slightly smaller with dark legs.
Species , this genus includes fourteen species:
Camaricus castaneiceps Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia Camaricus chayani Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2017 – Bangladesh Camaricus cimex (Karsch, 1878) – Tanzania Camaricus florae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Camaricus formosus Thorell, 1887 – India to Indonesia (Sumatra), China, Philippines (type species) Camaricus khandalaensis Tikader, 1980 – India Camaricus maugei (Walckenaer, 1837) – India to Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Krakatau) Camaricus medog Wang, Lu & Z. S. Zhang, 2024 – China Camaricus mimus (Pavesi, 1895) – Ethiopia, Tanzania Camaricus nigrotesselatus Simon, 1895 – DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa Camaricus parisukatus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Camaricus pulchellus Simon, 1903 – Vietnam Camaricus rinkae Biswas & Roy, 2005 – India Camaricus siltorsus Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007 – India
Nomen dubium C. nigrotesselatus Strand, 1907
See also List of Thomisidae species
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