Philodromus pernix Blackwall, 1846
| FAMILY: PHILODROMIDAE Thorell, 1870 Genus: Philodromus Walckenaer, 1826 Species: Philodromus pernix Blackwall, 1846  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
running crab spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution & Point Collections
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CO MT OH OK SC
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† ambushers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): on conifers
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Lodgepole Pine closed Forest; Mixedwood forest, 50% standing trees; Pine forest; Mixedwood , contiguous forest;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Image(s) of Habitus:
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Details About Males
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Details About Females
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Descriptions Source:
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 5. The crab spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Banks, N. 1913. Notes on the types of some American spiders in European collections. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 65: 177-188.
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Blackwall, J. 1846. Notice of spiders captured by Professor Potter in Canada, with descriptions of such species as appear to be new to science. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 17: 30-44, 76-82.
Chickering, A. M. 1940. The Thomisidae (crab spiders) of Michigan. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. Arts Lett. 25: 189-237.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Dondale, C. D. 1961. Revision of the aureolus group of the genus Philodromus (Araneae: Thomisidae) in North America. Can. Ent. 93: 199-222.
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 5. The crab spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1976. A review of the spider genus Philodromus in the Americas (Araneida: Philodromidae). Can. Ent. 108: 127-157.
Gertsch, W. J. 1934. Notes on American crab spiders (Thomisidae). Amer. Mus. Novit. 707: 1-25.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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