Tharpyna

Tharpyna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Tharpyna Koch[1]
Type species
Tharpyna diademata
Species
12, see text

Tharpyna is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1874 by L. Koch. As of 2017^[update], it contains 12 species from Australia, India, and Indonesia.^[1]

Tharpyna comprises the following species:^[1]

• Tharpyna albosignata L. Koch, 1876 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Tharpyna campestrata L. Koch, 1874 – Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)
• Tharpyna decorata Karsch, 1878 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Tharpyna diademata L. Koch, 1874 – Australia (mainland, Lord Howe Is.)
• Tharpyna himachalensis Tikader & Biswas, 1979 – India
• Tharpyna hirsuta L. Koch, 1875 – Australia
• Tharpyna indica Tikader & Biswas, 1979 – India
• Tharpyna munda L. Koch, 1875 – Australia
• Tharpyna simpsoni Hickman, 1944 – Australia (South Australia)
• Tharpyna speciosa Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
• Tharpyna varica Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Java)
• Tharpyna venusta (L. Koch, 1874) – Australia (New South Wales)