{{Automatic taxobox | image = Pistius truncatus 1.JPG | image_caption = Pistius truncatus | taxon = Pistius | authority = Simon, 1875 | diversity_link = List of Thomisidae species#Pistius | diversity = 11 species | type_species = Aranea truncata| type_species_authority = Pallas, 1772 | range_map = | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}Pistius is a genus of crab spiders with nine described species. Most occur in Asia, only P. truncatus has a palaearctic distribution. Species Pistius barchensis Basu, 1965 (India) Pistius bhadurii Basu, 1965 (India) Pistius gangulyi Basu, 1965 (India, China) Pistius kalimpus Tikader, 1970 (India) Pistius kanikae Basu, 1964 (India) Pistius robustus Basu, 1965 (India) Pistius rotundus Tang & Li, 2010 (China) Pistius tikaderi Kumari & Mittal, 1999 (India) Pistius truncatus (Pallas, 1772) (Palearctic) Pistius undulatus Karsch, 1879 (Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan) Pistius wulingensis Tian, Zhou & Peng, 2018 (China) Norman I. Platnick The World Spider CatalogCatalogue of life Bibliography Schrank, F. von P., 1795 - Naturhistorische und ökonomische Briefe über das Donaumoor. Mannheim, pp. 133–148 Schrank, F. von P., 1803 - Fauna Boica. Durch dachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und Zahmen Tiere. Landshut vol.3 (1), pp. 229–244 Walckenaer, C.A., 1805 - Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Paris, 88pp. Prach, H., 1866 - Monographie der Thomisiden (Krabben-spinnen) der Gegend von Prag, mit einem Anhange, das Verzeichniiss der Umgebung unserer Haupstadt aufgefunden Araneen enthaltend. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien vol.16, pp. 597–638 Koch, L., 1878b - Kaukasische Arachnoiden. In: Schneider, O. (ed.) Naturwissenschaftliche Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Kaukasusländer. Dresden vol.3, pp. 36–71 Basu, B.D., 1964a - Diagnosis of two new species of Pistius (Thomisidae: Araneae: Arachnida) from India. Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society vol.32, pp. 104–109 Basu, B.D., 1965a - Four new species of the spider genus Pistius Simon (Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae) from India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Calcutta vol.18, pp. 71–77 Tikader, B.K., 1970 - Spider fauna of Sikkim. Records of the Zoological Survey of India vol.64, pp. 1–83 Tikader, B.K., 1971a - Revision of Indian crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India vol.15 (8), pp. 1–90. Tikader, B.K., 1980a - Thomisidae (Crab-spiders). Fauna India (Araneae) vol.1, pp. 1–247 Brignoli, P.M., 1983c - A catalogue of the Araneae described between