Nearctic States & Provinces: CO OK PA SC TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/30699
Misumenops oblongus (Keyserling, 1880)
FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Misumenops F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900
Species: Misumenops oblongus (Keyserling, 1880)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
crab spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Canada to Guatemala, St. Vincent
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO OK PA SC TX
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:
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Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
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Details About Males
Description:
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Image of External Male Genitalia:
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Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Misumena americana Keyserling 1880 |
| Misumena oblonga Keyserling 1880 |
| Misumenops oblongus Keyserling 1880 |
| Misumena oblonga Emerton 1892 |
| Misumena americana Simon 1897 |
| Misumenops oblongus F. O. P.-Cambridge 1900 |
| Misumessus oblongus Banks 1904 |
| Misumenops oblongus Gertsch 1939 |
| Misumenops oblongus Chickering 1940 |
| Misumenops oblongus Kaston 1948 |
| Misumenops oblongus Schick 1965 |
| Misumenops oblongus Dondale & Redner 1978 |
| Misumenops oblongus Breene et al. 1993 |
Taxonomic References†
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.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1900. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 89-192.
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.
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.
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.
Schick, R. X. 1965. The crab spiders of California (Araneae, Thomisidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 129: 1-180.
Simon, E. 1897. On the spiders of the island of St Vincent. III. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 860-890.
†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. 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. 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