Modysticus modestus (Scheffer, 1904)
| FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Genus: Modysticus Gertsch, 1953 Species: Modysticus modestus (Scheffer, 1904)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
crab spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
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
Recorded Habitats: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus: 
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Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡ 
Banks, N. 1910. Catalogue of Nearctic spiders. Bull. U. S. nat. Mus. 72: 1-80.
Barrows, W. M. 1919. New spiders from Ohio. Ohio Jour. Sci. 19: 355-360.
Bryant, E. B. 1930. A revision of the American species of the genus Ozyptila. Psyche 37: 373-391.
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1975. The genus Ozyptila in North America (Araneida, Thomisidae). J. Arachnol. 2: 129-181.
Gertsch, W. J. 1953. The spider genera Xysticus, Coriarachne and Oxyptila (Thomisidae, Misumeninae) in North America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 102: 415-482.
Gertsch, W. J. 1939. A revision of the typical crab spiders (Misumeninae) of America north of Mexico. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 76: 277-442. 
Levi, H. W. & H. M. Field. 1954. The spiders of Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 51: 440-467.
Marusik, Y. M., P. T. Lehtinen & M. M. Kovblyuk. 2005. Cozyptila, a new genus of crab spiders (Aranei: Thomisidae: Thomisinae: Coriarachnini) from the western Palaearctic. Arthropoda Selecta 13: 151-163.
Scheffer, T. H. 1904. Four new spiders from Kansas. Ent. News 15: 257-260.
Strand, E. 1916. Systematische-faunistiche Studien über paläarktische, afrikanische und amerikanische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums. Arch. Naturg. 81(A9): 1-153.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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