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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Misumenops » Misumenops importunus
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Male crab spider - Misumenops importunus - male
Copyright © 2008 Ken Schneider

Male crab spider - Misumenops importunus - Male
Huddart Park, San Mateo County, California, USA
October 4, 2008
Size: ~3.5-4.0 mm
I swept this crab spider from some brush. Adult male thomisid. Possibly Misumenops, but I'm having trouble with the key...

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 5 October, 2008 - 4:16pm
Last updated 13 March, 2009 - 7:43pm

Moved
Moved from Misumenops.
… Ken Schneider, 13 March, 2009 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Ken Schneider, 7 October, 2008 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

Possible species ID -
from Darrell Ubick: "It seems to resemble Misumenops importunus".

My palp image does closely match the illustration of the importunus palp here - figure 174, page 128. And the holotype is from San Mateo Co.!

Moving to genus page for now. I'm tempted to move to species level, but I'm not sure - Dr. Ubick's comment sounds like the palp image may not be quite definitive?
… Ken Schneider, 7 October, 2008 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

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