Ricinoides

Ricinoides is an arthropod genus in the family Ricinoididae, first described by Henry Ewing in 1929.

Distribution

Species in this genus are found in West Africa.

Species

it contains sixteen species:

• Ricinoides afzelii <small>(Thorell, 1892)</small> — Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone
• Ricinoides atewa <small>Naskrecki, 2008</small> — Ghana
• Ricinoides crassipalpe <small>(Hansen & Sørensen, 1904)</small> — Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
• Ricinoides eburneus <small>Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021</small> — Côte d’Ivoire
• Ricinoides feae <small>(Hansen, 1921)</small> — Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
• Ricinoides hanseni <small>Legg, 1976</small> — Sierra Leone
• Ricinoides iita <small>Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021</small> — Nigeria
• Ricinoides kakum <small>Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021</small> — Ghana
• Ricinoides karschii <small>(Hansen & Sørensen, 1904)</small> — Cameroon, Congo, Gabon
• Ricinoides leonensis <small>Legg, 1978</small> — Sierra Leone
• Ricinoides megahanseni <small>Legg, 1982</small> — Côte d’Ivoire
• Ricinoides nzerekorensis <small>Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021</small> — Guinea
• Ricinoides olounoua <small>Legg, 1978</small> — Cameroon
• Ricinoides sjostedtii <small>(Hansen & Sørensen, 1904)</small> — Cameroon, Nigeria
• Ricinoides taii <small>Botero-Trujillo, Sain & Prendini, 2021</small> — Côte d’Ivoire
• Ricinoides westermannii <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1838)</small> — Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo

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