overlap area utahensis and versicolor

Classification · Range · Internet References

Crab Spider - Xysticus - Bassaniana - female

Thomisidae Xysticus? - Bassaniana - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)

Genus Bassaniana (Bark Crab Spiders)

No Taxon overlap area utahensis and versicolor

Range

B. versicolor - Eastern United States and southern Ontario westward to the Rocky Mountains, in the Southwest as far as western Arizona. (1)

B. utahensis - Trans-Canadian and northern United States, along Gulf coast states from Florida into Mexico, also from central Alaska south along mountain ranges into Mexico. (1)

There is crossbreeding between utahensis & versicolor where their ranges overlap.

Internet References

(1) American Arachnology - A Taxonomic Revision of the Crab Spider Genus Coriarachne for North America North of Mexico.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 4 August, 2009 - 10:48pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 8 August, 2009 - 11:39pm

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