Nearctic States & Provinces: CO MT NM OK TX WA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/30640
Misumenops celer (Hentz, 1847)
celer crab spider
FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Misumenops F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900
Species: Misumenops celer (Hentz, 1847)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
crab spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
celer crab spider
Distribution
Global Distribution: North, Central America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO MT NM OK TX WA 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: Bartlett, Troy
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†
| Thomisus delphinus Walckenaer 1837 |
| Thomisus fuscatus Walckenaer 1837 |
| Misumenops celer Hentz 1847 |
| Misumena georgiana Keyserling 1880 |
| Misumena spinosa Keyserling 1880 |
| Misumena alabamensis Keyserling 1884 |
| Misumena diegoi Keyserling 1887 |
| Diaea spinigera O. P.-Cambridge 1898 |
| Misumenops spinosus F. O. P.-Cambridge 1900 |
| Misumenops diegoi Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Misumena georgiana Banks 1913 |
| Misumena spinosa Banks 1913 |
| Misumenops celer Chamberlin 1924 |
| Misumenops celer Petrunkevitch 1930 |
| Misumenops celer Gertsch 1939 |
| Misumenops delphinus Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Misumenops celer Kaston 1948 |
| Misumenops celer Dondale & Redner 1978 |
| Misumenops celer Breene et al. 1993 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1913. Notes on the types of some American spiders in European collections. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 65: 177-188.
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.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1900. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 89-192.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1898. Arachnida. Araneida. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 1: 233-288.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1924. The spider fauna of the shores and islands of the Gulf of California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 12: 561-694.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
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. 1939. A revision of the typical crab spiders (Misumeninae) of America north of Mexico. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 76: 277-442.
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. 1887. Neue Spinnen aus America. VII. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 37: 421-490.
Keyserling, E. 1884. Neue Spinnen aus America. V. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33: 649-684.
Keyserling, E. 1880. Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. Nürnberg, 1: 1-283.
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.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.
†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. asperatus (Hentz, 1847) ...............North, Central America, West Indies
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. 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