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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Misumessus » Misumessus lappi
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Crab Spider - Misumessus lappi
Copyright © 2016 Bryan E. Reynolds

Crab Spider - Misumessus lappi
One mile south of Lexington Wildlife Management Area, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA
July 24, 2016

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Contributed by Bryan E. Reynolds on 27 July, 2016 - 4:37pm
Last updated 13 August, 2018 - 11:16am

Not very far from this oblongus

but both seem to be identified correctly.
… john and jane balaban, 4 January, 2021 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Misumessus oblongus.
… Laura P., 13 August, 2018 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Bryan E. Reynolds, 3 August, 2016 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

There's only one species in the genus -
at least at the present time. Let's see what Lynette or Laura think.
… john and jane balaban, 31 July, 2016 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm OK with ...
moving them to species until we find out otherwise.
… Laura P., 2 August, 2016 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

Lateral eyes larger than median ones
so we would suggest Misumessus oblongus.
… john and jane balaban, 27 July, 2016 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, guys. Confident enou
Thanks, guys. Confident enough for me to move it? At least to the genus page?
… Bryan E. Reynolds, 31 July, 2016 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

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