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Family: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833

crab spiders

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PHILODROMIDAE

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.

Family Chart

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

# Genus Ref. Common Name
1 Bassaniana Strand, 1928 bark crab spiders
2 Coriarachne Thorell, 1870
3 Cozyptila Lehtinen & Marusik, 2005
4 Diaea Thorell, 1869
5 Ebrechtella Dahl, 1907
6 Heriaeus Simon, 1875
7 Mecaphesa Simon, 1900
8 Misumena Latreille, 1804 flower crab spiders
9 Misumenoides F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900
10 Misumenops F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900
11 Modysticus Gertsch, 1953
12 Ozyptila Simon, 1864 leaflitter crab spiders
13 Pistius Simon, 1875
14 Runcinia Simon, 1875
15 Synema Simon, 1864
16 Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805
17 Tmarus Simon, 1875
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).