Xysticus texanus Banks, 1904
| FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Genus: Xysticus C. L. Koch, 1835 Species: Xysticus texanus Banks, 1904 ![]() |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
crab spiders
Genus Common Name:
ground crab spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA, Mexico
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AR CO
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
Specimen list |
Natural History & 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): (not yet published or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
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‡
| Xysticus texanus Banks 1904 |
| Xysticus texanus Gertsch 1934 |
| Xysticus texanus Gertsch 1939 |
| Xysticus texanus Breene et al. 1993 |
Banks, N. 1904. New genera and species of Nearctic spiders. Jour. New. York ent. Soc. 12: 109-119.
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
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.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog





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