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Species Rhysodromus histrio

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Philodromidae (Running Crab Spiders)
Genus Rhysodromus
Species histrio (Rhysodromus histrio)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Size
Female 6.25 mm, male 5.0 mm (1).
Identification
Epigynum:


Palp:
Range
"Southern British Columbia to Nova Scotia, southward to Mexico; Europe (1)".
Habitat
"P. histrio has been swept from sagebrush in the west and from heath plants, weeds and tall grasses east of the Rocky Mountains" (1).
Works Cited
1.The Crab Spiders of Canada and Alaska; Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae (The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 5)
Charles Dondale & James Redner. 1978. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.