Species Philodromus marxi - Metallic Crab Spider

Classification · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also

what spider is this? - Philodromus marxi - male

Which spider, please? - Philodromus marxi

Philodromus marxi (Keyserling, 1884) - Philodromus marxi - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Philodromidae (Running Crab Spiders)

Genus Philodromus

Species marxi (Metallic Crab Spider)

Identification

Female generally resembles

Range

East TX north to WI and east to the Atlantic ~ Rod Crawford

Remarks

I know of no photos (of the female) but there's a good body drawing in Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada no. 55, p. 75, year 1968 - Dondale & Redner's revision of P. imbecillus & rufus groups). ~ Rod Crawford

See Also

P. imbecillus - Dakotas to Nova Scotia

P. insperatus - West coast or great basin states

P. mineri - SE states

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 23 April, 2007 - 12:17am
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 13 August, 2009 - 9:51am

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