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Tibellus maritimus (Menge, 1875)

FAMILY: PHILODROMIDAE Thorell, 1870
    Genus: Tibellus Simon, 1875

        Species: Tibellus maritimus (Menge, 1875)

Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  running crab spiders
Genus Common Name:  slender crab spiders
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AB ON CO CT MT WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


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.
Recorded Habitats:  tall grass (Dondale & Redner, 1978)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Seasonality of Specimen Records:

   seasonality
Image(s) of Habitus:  (images not yet available)

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Tibellus maritimus Menge 1875
Tibellus oblongus Becker 1882
Tibellus oblongus Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891
Tibellus maritimus Lessert 1910
Tibellus maritimus Jackson 1911
Tibellus maritimus Charitonov 1926
Tibellus oblongus Simon 1932
Tibellus maritimus Bryant 1933
Tibellus maritimus Gertsch 1933
Tibellus maritimus Chickering 1940
Tibellus maritimus Tullgren 1944
Tibellus maritimus Kaston 1948
Tibellus maritimus Locket & Millidge 1951
Tibellus maritimus Azheganova 1968
Tibellus maritimus Vilbaste 1969
Tibellus maritimus Miller 1971
Tibellus maritimus Tyschchenko 1971
Tibellus maritimus Braendegaard 1972
Tibellus maritimus Dondale & Redner 1978
Tibellus maritimus Utochkin 1981
Tibellus maritimus Roberts 1985
Tibellus maritimus Zhu et al. 1985
Tibellus oblongus Song 1987
Tibellus maritimus Heimer & Nentwig 1991
Tibellus maritimus Roberts 1995
Tibellus maritimus Mcheidze 1997
Tibellus maritimus Song & Zhu 1997
Tibellus oblongus Song & Zhu 1997
Tibellus maritimus Roberts 1998
Tibellus maritimus Efimik 1999
Tibellus maritimus Song, Zhu & Chen 1999
Tibellus maritimus Song, Zhu & Chen 2001
Tibellus maritimus Paquin & Dupérré 2003
Tibellus maritimus Almquist 2006

Taxonomic References

Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.

Azheganova, N. S. 1968. Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR, pp. 1-149.

Becker, L. 1882. Les Arachnides de Belgique. I. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. natur. Belg. 10: 1-246.

Braendegaard, J. 1972. Edderkopper: Eller Spindlere II. Danmarks Fauna 80: 1-231.

Bryant, E. B. 1933. New and little known spiders from the United States. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 74: 171-193.

Charitonov, D. E. 1926. Materialy k faounié paoukow Permskoy goubernii. Iejiegod. Zool. Mouz. Akad. Naouk SSSR. 26: 103-136.

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

Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.

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.

Efimik, V. E. 1999. A review of the spider genus Tibellus Simon, 1875 of the East Palearctic (Aranei: Philodromidae). Arthropoda Selecta 8: 103-124.

Gertsch, W. J. 1933. Notes on American spiders of the family Thomisidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 593: 1-22.

Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.

Jackson, A. R. 1911. Notes on arachnids observed during 1910. I. On three additions to the British fauna. Lancast. Nat. 4(36): 385-392.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.

Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1951. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 1: 1-310.

Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).

Menge, A. 1875. Preussische Spinnen. VII. Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N. F.) 3: 375-422.

Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.

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

Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.

Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.

Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.

Simon, E. 1932. Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 4e partie. Paris, 6: 773-978.

Song, D. X. 1987. Spiders from agricultural regions of China (Arachnida: Araneae). Agriculture Publishing House, Beijing, 376pp.

Song, D. X. & M. S. Zhu. 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae. Science Press, Beijing, viii + 259 pp.

Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 2001. The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae. Hebei Science Technol. Publ. House, 510 pp.

Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.

Tullgren, A. 1944. Svensk Spindelfauna. 3. Araneae (Salticidae, Thomisidae, Philodromidae och Eusparassidae). Stockholm, pp. 1-108.

Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.

Utochkin, A. S. 1981. [Contribution to the systematics of the spider genus Tibellus in the fauna of the USSR]. In Fauna and ecology of insects. Univ. of Perm, pp. 8-20.

Vilbaste, A. 1969. Eesti Žmblikud I. Krabiämbliklased (Xysticidae), Jooksikämbliklased (Philodromidae) ja Hüpikämbliklased (Salticidae). Zooloogia ja Botaanika Instituut, Tallinn, pp. 1-224.

Zhu, M. S., et al. (eds.). 1985. [Crop field spiders of Shanxi Province]. Agriculture Planning Committee of Shanxi Province.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/PHILODROMIDAE.html

Natural History References

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.

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Tibellus Simon, 1875‡‡

T. asiaticus Kulczynski, 1908 ...............Russia, North America
T. californicus Schick, 1965 ...............USA
T. chamberlini Gertsch, 1933 ...............USA, Canada
T. duttoni (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Mexico
T. oblongus (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Holarctic
T. parallelus (C. L. Koch, 1837) ...............Palearctic
T. rothi Schick, 1965 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution

Page Reference:

Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: PHILODROMIDAE, Tibellus maritimus (Menge, 1875). In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/30102 (Accessed: 11/20/2008 11:24:22 PM).

Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-03-17T09:13:54Z