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Family Philodromidae - Running Crab Spiders


THE FUSCOMARGINATUS AND HISTRIO GROUPS OF THE SPIDER GENUS PHILODROMUS IN NORTH AMERICA (ARANEIDA: THOMISIDAE)
By Dondale and Redner
The Canadian Entomologist, 1975

The Crab Spider Genus Ebo (Araneae: Thomisidae) in the United States and Canada
By Sauer and Platnick
The Canadian Entomologist, 1972

Revision of the spider genus Apollophanes (Araneida, Thomisidae)
By C. D. Dondale & J. H. Redner
The Canadian Entomologist 107(11): 1175-1192, 1975
PDF available from publisher if you have a subscription: http://pubs.esc-sec.ca/toc/ent/107/11

The spider genus Rhysodromus Schick, 1965 in the Crimea (Aranei: Philodromidae)
By Kastrygina and Kovblyuk
Arthropoda Selecta, 2016

A Review of the Spider Genus Philodromus in the Americas
By Dondale and Redner
The Canadian Entomologist, 1976
Overview of the species groups and focus on the aureolus group, with numerous diagnostic drawings and maps.

THE INFUSCATUS AND DISPAR GROUPS OF THE SPIDER GENUS PHILODROMUS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES
By Dondale and Redner
The Canadian Entomologist, 1969

The crab spiders of California (Araneae, Thomisidae)
By R. X. Schick
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1965
Schick, R. X. (1965). The crab spiders of California (Araneae, Thomisidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 129(1): 1-180. Available on the World Spider Catalog here.

Revision of the Nearctic Species of Thanatus C. L. Koch (Araneae: Thomisidae)
By C. D. Dondale, A. L. Turnbull and J. H. Redner
The Canadian Entomologist, 1964
Link to abstract here.