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Aphantochilus is a genus of ant-mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. [3] As of June 2020 it contains three species, found in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Panama: A. cambridgei, A. inermipes, and A. rogersi. [1] It is a senior synonym of Cryptoceroides. [1] [2] A. rogersi is polymorphic.
As of November 2022 it contains forty-nine species and one subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and on Hawaii: [1]. Mecaphesa aikoae (Schick, 1965) – USA
A ground crab spider with earthy coloration. Most species of the genus Xysticus are small to medium sized spiders. They show a sexual dimorphism in size. Females of typical species reach a maximum of 10 millimetres (0.39 in) of body length, while their males are about 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in) long, about half the size of the females.
Printable version; In other projects ... Xysticus punctatus is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae. It is found in the United States and Canada ...
As of December 2021 it contains eleven species, found in South and Central America: [1]. Epicadus camelinus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil; Epicadus dimidiaster Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2018 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world, and it is present in some subtropical areas as an introduced species. Its common names include giant crab spider, pantropical huntsman spider or cane spider. [1]
Crab spider feeding on a Junonia atlites butterfly in a Zinnia elegans flower. The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders.
Sidymella angularis (also known as the common square-ended crab spider), is a species of crab spider endemic to New Zealand. Like all thomisid spiders, this species does not make a web, but lies in wait for prey to appear nearby. It eats insects, or occasionally other small spiders. It lives in leaf litter on the forest floor or in low vegetation.