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English species names of Family Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833
Crab Spider, Crab spiders, Typical Crab Spiders


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
1342
20133
198818
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
242
6840
80976
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyThomisidae
Sundevall, 1833
Crab Spider, Crab spiders, Typical Crab Spiders
250
3407
Genera
Species


A
Amelanchier twig borerTitidius ignestii Lodovico di Caporiacco, 1947
American Green Crab SpiderMisumessus oblongus Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Asparagus minerThomisus rigoratus Eugène Simon, 1906


B
Bark Crab SpiderBassaniana versicolor Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Bark crab spidersBassaniana Strand, 1928
Bean flyTitidius curvilineatus Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, 1941
Bird-dropping spiderPhrynarachne decipiens Forbes, 1883
Black Tail Crab SpiderSynema parvulum Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1847


C
Cane spiderThomisus leucosius Linnaeus, 1767
Celer crab spiderMisumenops celer Hentz, 1847
Celer crab spiderMecaphesa celer Hentz, 1847
Columbine leafminerXysticus ampullatus Turnbull, Charles Denton Dondale & Redner, 1965
Columbine leafminerTmarus vachoni Millot, 1942
Columbine leafminerTmarus verrucosus Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, 1948
Crab spiderThomisus onustus Walckenaer, 1805
Crab SpiderMisumena vatia Clerck, 1758
Crab spidersTmarus protobius Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersOnocolus pentagonus Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Crab spidersMecaphesa damnosa Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Crab spidersTmarus decens Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Crab spidersStephanopis championi Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1900
Crab spidersTmarus levii Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersMisumenoides rugosus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersTmarus rubinus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersMecaphesa decora Richard C. Banks, 1898
Crab spidersTmarus decorus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersStephanopoides brasiliana Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Crab spidersSynema putum Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersTmarus longus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersMisumenoides tibialis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersTmarus separatus Richard C. Banks, 1898
Crab spidersMecaphesa gertschi Otto Kraus, 1955
Crab spidersStephanopoides simoni Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Crab spidersSynema socium Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersTmarus morosus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersMisumenoides vigilans Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1890
Crab spidersMecaphesa persimilis Otto Kraus, 1955
Crab spidersTmarus sigillatus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersTmarus aculeatus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersTmarus humphreyi Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersMisumenoides annulipes Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersStrophius hirsutus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersEpicadus granulatus Richard C. Banks, 1909
Crab spidersTmarus mundulus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Crab spidersMecaphesa prosper Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Crab spidersTmarus studiosus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Crab spidersParastephanops cognatus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Crab spidersTmarus impedus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersMisumenoides bifissus Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1900
Crab spidersStrophius signatus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Crab spidersIsaloides putus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersTmarus obsecus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersParasynema cambridgei Carl Friedrich Roewer, 1951
Crab spidersTmarus bucculentus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersTmarus ineptus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Crab spidersMisumenoides blandus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersSynema affinitatum Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersMisumenops pallens Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Crab SpidersMecaphesa asperata Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1847
Crab spidersTmarus parki Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersMecaphesa spiralis Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1900
Crab spidersParasynema cirripes Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersTmarus cognatus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersTmarus innotus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersMisumenoides depressus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersXysticus facetus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Crab spidersSynema fuscomandibulatum Alexander Petrunkevitch, 1925
Crab spidersMisumenops pascalis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersTmarus pauper Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Crab spidersTmarus vitusus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersTmarus contortus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersTmarus innumus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersTmarus peregrinus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersTobias taczanowskii Carl Friedrich Roewer, 1951
Crab spidersTmarus corruptus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Crab spidersSynema haenschi Maria Dahl, 1907
Crab spidersAphantochilus rogersi Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1870
Crab spidersTmarus intentus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Crab spidersMecaphesa celer Hentz, 1847
Crab spidersTmarus probus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersTmarus cretatus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1965
Crab spidersXysticus advectus O. P.-Cambridge, 1890
Crab spidersSynema maculosum Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersTmarus interritus Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Crab spidersTmarus productus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersTmarus curvus Arthur Merton Chickering, 1950
Crab spidersSynema palliatum Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1891
Crab spidersTmarus jocosus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
Crab spidersMisumenoides magnus Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
CrabspiderXysticus cristatus Clerck, 1758


E
Elegant crab spiderXysticus elegans Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Emerton'S Crab SpiderXysticus emertoni Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Emerton´s Crab SpiderXysticus emertoni Eugen von Keyserling, 1880


F
Flower crab spiderMisumena vatia Clerck, 1758
Flower crab spiderMisumena oblonga Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1885
Flower crab spidersMisumena Latreille, 1804
Flower SpiderThomisus spectabilis Carl Ludwig Doleschall, 1859
Flower spiderMisumena vatia Clerck, 1758
Flower spiderDiaea Thorell, 1869
Flower spiderMisumena oblonga Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1885


G
Giant crab spiderThomisus leucosius Linnaeus, 1767
Goldenrod crab spiderMisumena vatia Clerck, 1758
Goldenrod crab spiderMisumena oblonga Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1885
Grass sheathminerDiaea varians Kulczynski, 1911
Green Crab SpiderDiaea dorsata Fabricius, 1777
Green Crab spiderHedana L. Koch, 1874
Green Crab SpiderMisumessus oblongus Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Green tree ant mimicking spiderAmyciaea albomaculata Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1874
Ground Crab SpiderXysticus Koch, 1835
Ground Crab SpiderXysticus alboniger Turnbull, Charles Denton Dondale & Redner, 1965
Ground crab spidersXysticus Koch, 1835


H
Heather Crab SpiderThomisus onustus Walckenaer, 1805
Heather SpiderThomisus onustus Walckenaer, 1805


K
Knobbly crab spiderStephanopis altifrons Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1869


L
Lantana seed flyThomisus cancroides Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841
Larkspur leafminerXysticus auctificus Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Leaflitter crab spiderOzyptila sincera Kulczyński, 1926
Leaflitter crab spiderOzyptila sincera canadensis Dondale & Redner, 1975
Leaflitter crab spidersOzyptila Simon, 1864
Long-tail grass thomisidMonaeses austrinus Eugène Simon, 1910


N
Napoleon SpiderSynema globosum Fabricius, 1775
Napoleon's Crab SpiderBonapruncinia sanctaehelenae Pierre L. G. Benoit, 1977
Native holly leafminerXysticus federalis Willis J. Gertsch, 1953
Northern crab spiderMisumenops asperatus Hentz, 1847
Northern crab spiderMecaphesa asperata Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1847


O
Oak Crab SpiderMecaphesa quercina Schick, 1965
Olive Tiger BeetleOzyptila nigristerna Raymond Comte de Dalmas, 1922


P
Pink Flower SpiderDiaea evanida Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, 1867


R
Red maple cambium borerTmarus floridensis Eugen von Keyserling, 1884
Runcinia LateralisRuncinia grammica Carl Ludwig Koch, 1837


S
Southern CrabletOzyptila claveata Walckenaer, 1837
Swift Crab SpiderMecaphesa celer Hentz, 1847


T
Tan Crab SpiderXysticus ferox Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1847
Three-banded Crab SpiderXysticus triguttatus Keyserling, 1880
Threebanded crab spiderXysticus triguttatus Keyserling, 1880
Trapezium Crab SpiderSidymella trapezia Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, 1874
Tuberculated Crab SpiderTmarus angulatus Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1837


W
WaterhorehoundLycopus Thorell, 1895
White banded crab spiderMisumenoides formosipes Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1837
White Flower SpidersDiaea Thorell, 1869
White-banded Crab SpiderMisumenoides formosipes Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1837
Whitebanded crab spiderMisumenoides formosipes Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1837


Links, sources and further information
Thomisidae at artfakta.se
Thomisidae at biodiversity.org.au
Thomisidae at dyntaxa.se
Thomisidae at gbif.org
Thomisidae at irmng.org
Thomisidae at itis.gov