Family: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833
crab spiders
Similar Families
Family Name Authority
Sundevall, J. C. 1833. Conspectus Arachnidum. Londini Gothorum, pp. 1-39.
Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness
Number of Nearctic Species: 143 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)
Relative taxonomic/species richness for Nearctic families each with greater than 50 member species. Values in brackets are total number of Nearctic species.
Nearctic/Palearctic Genera
| # | Genus | Ref. | Common Name |
| 1 | Bassaniana Strand, 1928 |  |
bark crab spiders |
| 2 | Coriarachne Thorell, 1870 | |
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| 3 | Cozyptila Lehtinen & Marusik, 2005 | |
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| 4 | Diaea Thorell, 1869 | |
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| 5 | Ebrechtella Dahl, 1907 | |
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| 6 | Heriaeus Simon, 1875 | |
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| 7 | Mecaphesa Simon, 1900 | |
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| 8 | Misumena Latreille, 1804 | |
flower crab spiders |
| 9 | Misumenoides F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 | |
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| 10 | Misumenops F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 | |
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| 11 | Modysticus Gertsch, 1953 | |
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| 12 | Ozyptila Simon, 1864 | |
leaflitter crab spiders |
| 13 | Pistius Simon, 1875 | |
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| 14 | Runcinia Simon, 1875 | |
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| 15 | Synema Simon, 1864 | |
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| 16 | Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 | |
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| 17 | Tmarus Simon, 1875 | |
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| 18 | Xysticus C. L. Koch, 1835 | |
ground crab spiders |
Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images
Disclaimer: every attempt is made to ensure these images are accurate. To contest an identification, contact David P. Shorthouse (dshorthouse(at)eol.org).