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Genus Xysticus

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Crab Spider - Xysticus alboniger - Xysticus alboniger - female Crab Spider - Xysticus species - Xysticus Elegant Crab Spider - Xysticus elegans - male crab spider - Xysticus sm Spider - Xysticus Dandelion Drama - Xysticus - male Xysticus - female Red Crab Spider - Xysticus
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 Xysticus
Pronunciation
ZIS-ti-kuhs(1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Here
Explanation of Names
A Latin loan word from Greek.
Refers to the manner in which atheletes would clean themselves before the invention of the shower.(1)
Numbers
67 species in NA.(1)
Size
Females 5-10mm; males around 4mm.
Identification
Xysticus usually has a well defined dorsal stripe on the carapace:

The anterior and posterior lateral eyes are on incompletely conjoined tubercles(1):

Tibia 1 with more than two pairs of ventral macrosetae and femur 1 slender (about four times longer than wide)(1):
Range
Widespread in NA.(1)
Habitat
Generally found on ground or close to it.
Food
Insects, spiders.
Remarks
Very similar appearance to Coriarachne, Bassaniana, and Ozyptila.
Internet References
Canadian Arachnology
Works Cited
1.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
By D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 September, 2004 - 12:45pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Christopher Hunt, Jeff Hollenbeck
Last updated 11 June, 2008 - 2:46pm

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