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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.
Misumenops is a common genus of crab spider with more than 50 described species. [ 1 ] The majority of the species of Misumenops , more than 80, have been transferred to 13 genera: Ansiea , Demogenes , Diaea , Ebelingia , Ebrechtella , Henriksenia , Heriaeus , Mecaphesa , Micromisumenops , Misumena , Misumenoides , Misumessus , and Runcinioides .
Mecaphesa is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. [2] Species ... 1900 – Hawaii; Mecaphesa sierrensis (Schick, 1965 ...
The tribe Misumenini belongs to the crab spider family, Thomisidae. As circumscribed by Lehtinen, typical members of the tribe Misumenini have a greenish body and legs (in fresh specimens), and a relatively uncomplicated colour pattern. They have a more-or-less unmodified carapace with only rarely any modifications to the abdomen. Adult males ...
Misumena vatia is a species of crab spider found in Europe and North America. In North America, it is called the goldenrod crab spider or flower (crab) spider, [1] as it is commonly found hunting in goldenrod sprays and milkweed plants. They are called crab spiders because of their unique ability to walk sideways as well as forwards and backwards.
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.
Philodromus cespitum is a species of running crab spider in the family Philodromidae. It is found in North America, Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East and Asia. Philodromus cespitum is a foliage-dweller, and is the most abundant species found in European fruit orchards. It acts as a biological control by preying on orchard pests.
Misumenoides formosipes is a species of crab spiders (), belonging to the genus Misumenoides ("crab" or "flower" spiders). The species' unofficial common name is white banded crab spider, which refers to a white line that runs through the plane of their eyes.