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Species Mecaphesa celer - Swift Crab Spider

Mecaphesa? - Mecaphesa celer - male - female

Raised M. celer - immature angled - Mecaphesa celer - female

Red-patterned M. celer - dorsal - Mecaphesa celer - female

Swift Crab Spider - Mecaphesa celer - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)

Genus Mecaphesa

Species celer (Swift Crab Spider)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Celer means swift (or fast, or other synonyms)

Identification

Voucher Specimens:

Mature/immature males:

Female variations

Immature female

Palp

Epigynum

The four spots at the anterior dorsum are a give-away - celer when they form a trapezoid that's wider anteriorly.… Joe Lapp, 8 May, 2012 - 2:28am

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 July, 2005 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, Vox Sciurorum, kschnei
Last updated 25 March, 2023 - 9:09pm

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