The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/30627

Misumenops asperatus (Hentz, 1847)
northern crab spider

FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Misumenops F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900

        Species: Misumenops asperatus (Hentz, 1847)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  crab spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  northern crab spider

Distribution

Global Distribution: North, Central America, West Indies
Nearctic States & Provinces:   QC CO CT MT NH NJ OK PA SC TX UT 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:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Seasonality of Specimen Records:


Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: Dept. Biology, Samford University


Credit: DeVries, Peter J.

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

Misumenops asperatus Hentz 1847
Misumena rosea Keyserling 1880
Misumena asperatus Emerton 1892
Misumena foliata Banks 1892
Misumena placida Banks 1892
Misumena asperatus Emerton 1902
Misumessus asperatus Banks 1907
Misumenops asperatus Petrunkevitch 1911
Misumessus asperatus Comstock 1912
Misumenops asperatus Petrunkevitch 1930
Misumenops asperatus utanus Gertsch 1933
Misumenops asperatus Gertsch 1939
Misumenops asperatus Chickering 1940
Misumenops asperatus Comstock 1940
Misumenops asperatus Muma 1943
Misumenops asperatus Kaston 1948
Misumenops asperatus Dondale & Redner 1978
Misumenops asperatus Breene et al. 1993
Misumenops asperatus Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Banks, N. 1907. A preliminary list of the Arachnida of Indiana; with keys to families and genera of spiders. Rep. Indiana Geol. Surv. 31: 715-747.

Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.

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.

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

Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.

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. & 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.

Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.

Emerton, J. H. 1892. New England spiders of the family Thomisidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 359-381.

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. 1933. New genera and species of North American spiders. Amer. Mus. Novit. 636: 1-28.

Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.

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.

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.

Petrunkevitch, A. 1930. The spiders of Porto Rico. Part three. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 31: 1-191.

Petrunkevitch, A. 1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greeland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 29: 1-791.

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

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Misumenops F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900‡‡

M. aikoae Schick, 1965 ...............USA
M. anguliventris (Simon, 1900) ...............Hawaii
M. aridus Suman, 1970 ...............Hawaii
M. balteus Suman, 1970 ...............Hawaii
M. bellulus (Banks, 1896) ...............USA, Cuba, Virgin Is.
M. californicus (Banks, 1896) ...............USA, Mexico, Hispanioloa
M. carletonicus Dondale & Redner, 1976 ...............USA, Canada
M. cavatus Suman, 1970 ...............Hawaii
M. celer (Hentz, 1847) ...............North, Central America
M. coloradensis Gertsch, 1933 ...............USA, Mexico
M. cruentatus (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA
M. deserti Schick, 1965 ...............USA, Mexico
M. desidiosus (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA
M. devius Gertsch, 1939 ...............USA
M. discretus Suman, 1970 ...............Hawaii
M. dubius (Keyserling, 1880) ...............USA, Mexico
M. editus Suman, 1970 ...............Hawaii
M. facundus Suman, 1970 ...............Hawaii
M. gabrielensis Schick, 1965 ...............USA
M. hiatus Suman, 1970 ...............Hawaii
M. imbricatus Suman, 1970 ...............Hawaii
M. importunus (Keyserling, 1881) ...............USA
M. importunus belkini Schick, 1965 ...............USA
M. iners (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA
M. insulanus (Keyserling, 1890) ...............Hawaii
M. junctus Suman, 1970 ...............Hawaii
M. kanakanus (Karsch, 1880) ...............Hawaii
M. lepidus (Thorell, 1877) ...............USA, Canada
M. lowriei Schick, 1970 ...............USA
M. modestus (Banks, 1898) ...............USA, Mexico
M. nigrofrenatus (Simon, 1900) ...............Hawaii
M. oblongus (Keyserling, 1880) ...............Canada to Guatemala, St. Vincent
M. oreades (Simon, 1900) ...............Hawaii
M. quercinus Schick, 1965 ...............USA
M. rothi Schick, 1965 ...............USA
M. rufithorax (Simon, 1904) ...............Hawaii
M. schlingeri Schick, 1965 ...............USA
M. sierrensis Schick, 1965 ...............USA
M. velatus (Simon, 1900) ...............Hawaii
M. verityi Schick, 1965 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution