Misumenops rapaensis

Misumenops rapaensis est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Thomisidae. Distribution Cette espèce est endémique des îles Australes en Polynésie française. Elle se rencontre sur Rapa, Raivavae, Rurutu et Tubuai.

Peripatric speciation is a mode of speciation in which a new species is formed from an isolated peripheral population. Since peripatric speciation resembles allopatric speciation, in that populations are isolated and prevented from exchanging genes, it can often be difficult to distinguish between them, and peripatric speciation may be considered one type or model of allopatric speciation. The primary distinguishing characteristic of peripatric speciation is that one of the populations is much smaller than the other, as opposed to (other types of) allopatric speciation, in which…

Misumenops rapaensis es una especie de araña cangrejo del género Misumenops, familia Thomisidae. Fue descrita científicamente por Berland en 1934. ​ Referencias Enlaces externos Misumenops Catalogue of Life.