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Xysticus discursans Keyserling, 1880

	FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833     Genus: Xysticus C. L. Koch, 1835         Species: Xysticus discursans Keyserling, 1880
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Family Common Name:  crab spiders
Genus Common Name:  ground crab spiders
Species Common Name:  none

Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)   ON CO CT MT NH WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)

Specimen Search Specimen list 5, 20

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: grasslands and wooded areas
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Seasonality of Specimen Records: (from the Nearctic Spider Database - Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if not visible)

Image(s) of Habitus:  email an image

Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Male Dimensions: A = 2.03 mm  A+B = 3.8 mm  C = 2.01 mm

Image of External Male Genitalia: email an image

Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Female Dimensions: A = 2.41 mm  A+B = 4.8 mm  C = 2.39 mm

Image of Epigynum: Credit: Slowik, Joey

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.

Xysticus discursans Keyserling 1880 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1990098

Xysticus vernalis Bryant 1930 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1990099

Xysticus discursans Gertsch 1934 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1990100

Xysticus discursans Gertsch 1939 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1990101

Xysticus discursans Chickering 1940 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1990102

Xysticus discursans Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1990103

Xysticus discursans Gertsch 1953 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1990104

Xysticus discursans Turnbull, Dondale & Redner 1965 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1990105

Xysticus discursans Dondale & Redner 1978 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1990106

Xysticus discursans Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9736754

Bryant, E. B. 1930. New species of the genus Xysticus. Psyche 37: 132-140.

Chickering, A. M. 1940. The Thomisidae (crab spiders) of Michigan. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. Arts Lett. 25: 189-237.

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.

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.

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.

Keyserling, E. 1880. Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. Nürnberg, 1: 1-283.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Turnbull, A. L., C. D. Dondale & J. H. Redner. 1965. The spider genus Xysticus C. L. Koch (Araneae: Thomisidae) in Canada. Can. Ent. 97: 1233-1280.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

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Author of this page in progress: Shorthouse, David P. dshorthouse(at)eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-03-22T08:33:18Z