Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0058] Detail
In synonymy:
Paramystaria Lessert, 1919 = Mystaria Simon, 1895 (Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 107)
Gen. Mystaria Simon, 1895 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02705] Detail
type Mystaria rufolimbata Simon, 1895; gender feminine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Paramystaria Lessert, 1919: 102 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02716] (type P. variabilis Lessert, 1919) by Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 107 (through transfer of the type species).
Transferred to other genera:
Mystaria unicolor Simon, 1895 -- see Ansistaria
Mystaria budongo Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014 | m | Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047231]
Mystaria budongo Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 114, f. 5, 10, 43-44, 111-114 (Dm).
Mystaria decorata (Lessert, 1919) | f | East Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030930]
Paramystaria decorata Lessert, 1919: 106, pl. 2, f. 25, 33 (Df).
Mystaria decorata Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 135 (T from Paramystaria=Mystaria).
Mystaria flavoguttata (Lawrence, 1952) | m f | DR Congo, South Africa, Eswatini     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030931]
Paramystaria flavoguttata Lawrence, 1952b: 14, f. 8a-b (Dj).
Mystaria flavoguttata Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 118, f. 2, 11-13, 45-48 (Dmf, Tj from Paramystaria=Mystaria).
Mystaria flavogutatta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 4, 6 f. (mf, lapsus).
Mystaria irmatrix Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014 | m f | Mozambique, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047234]
Mystaria irmatrix Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 119, f. 14-16, 49-52 (Dmf).
Mystaria irmatrix Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 5, 5 f. (mf).
Mystaria lata (Lawrence, 1927) | m f | Namibia, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030932]
Paramystaria lata Lawrence, 1927: 32, pl. 1, f. 20 (Df).
Mystaria lata Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 120, f. 17-19, 53-56 (Dm, Tf from Paramystaria=Mystaria).
Mystaria lata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 6, 5 f. (mf).
Mystaria lindaicapensis Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014 | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047235]
Mystaria lindaicapensis Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 121, f. 20-22, 57-60 (Dmf).
Mystaria lindaicapensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 7, 5 f. (mf).
Mystaria mnyama Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014 | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047236]
Mystaria mnyama Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 122, f. 23-25, 61-64 (Dmf).
Mystaria mnyama Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 8, 5 f. (mf).
Mystaria occidentalis (Millot, 1942) | m f | Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030935]
Paramystaria variabilis occidentalis Millot, 1942: 8, f. 3A-C (Df).
Mystaria occidentalis Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 123, f. 26-28, 65-68 (Dm, Tf from Paramystaria=Mystaria, elevated to species).
Mystaria occidentalis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 9, 5 f. (mf).
Mystaria oreadae Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014 | f | Rwanda, Congo     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047237]
Mystaria oreadae Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 126, f. 29-30, 69-70, 95-98 (Df).
Mystaria rufolimbata Simon, 1895 * | m f | Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, DR Congo, Mozambique, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030774]
Mystaria rufolimbata Simon, 1895a: 989 (Df).
Mystaria rufolimbata Jézéquel, 1964c: 1111, f. 9 (f).
Mystaria rufolimbata Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 126, f. 1, 31-32, 71-74, 91-94, 103-106 (f, Dm).
Mystaria rufolimbata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 10, 3: 2 f., 10: 5 f. (mf).
Mystaria savannensis Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014 | m f | Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047232]
Mystaria savannensis Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 127, f. 3, 33-35, 75-78, 99-102 (Dmf).
Mystaria savannensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 11, 11: 4 f., 12: 4 f. (mf).
Mystaria soleil Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014 | m f | Uganda, Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047233]
Mystaria soleil Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 130, f. 4, 36-37, 79-82, 107-110 (Dmf).
Mystaria stakesbyi Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014 | m f | Congo, Liberia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047238]
Mystaria stakesbyi Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 131, f. 38-39, 83-86 (Dmf).
Mystaria variabilis (Lessert, 1919) | m f | Ethiopia, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030933]
Paramystaria variabilis Lessert, 1919: 103, f. 2-4, pl. 2, f. 14, 21, 27, 42 (Dmf).
Mystaria variabilis Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 133, f. 40-42, 87-90 (Tmf from Paramystaria=Mystaria).
Mystaria variabilis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 13, 5 f. (mf).
Mystaria variabilis delesserti (Caporiacco, 1949) | f | Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030934]
Paramystaria variabilis delesserti Caporiacco, 1949a: 454 (Df).
Mystaria variabilis delesserti Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014: 135 (T from Paramystaria=Mystaria).
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