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Family Thomisidae - Crab Spiders

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crab spider - Bassaniana versicolor Crab Spider - Misumena vatia Goldenrod Crab Spider - Misumena vatia - male Crab spider - Misumena mating crab spiders - Xysticus - male - female Spider Whitebanded Crab Spider? - Misumena vatia Desert Crab Spider - Misumenops - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Identification
See discussion on identification of three common genera here.
Internet References
Canadian Arachnology
University of Kentucky Entomology Dept. - Information specifically about Crab Spiders
A Good Web Page About Crab Spdiers - Lots of pictures and information about Crab Spiders, even those found in Europe
Misumena, Misumenoides, Misumenops
AMNH page with key to genera: Thomisidae .
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Christopher Hunt, Jeff Hollenbeck
Last updated 1 November, 2007 - 10:18pm

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