Genus Philodromus

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited

Running Crab Spider - Philodromus unknownspeciesc

spider in the grass - Philodromus praelustris

running crab spider - Philodromus praelustris

Epigyne, ventral aspect (prepared) - Philodromus - female

Running Crab Spider (Philodromus) - Philodromus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes )

Family Philodromidae (Running Crab Spiders)

Genus Philodromus

Numbers

55 species in our region, according to Dondale chapter in Spiders of North America (1)

Identification

2nd leg clearly less than two times longer than the 1st leg.

Anterior median and lateral eyes are about the same size. Distance between the 2 posterior median eyes greater than the distance between posterior median and lateral eyes.

Internet References

The World Spider Catalog.

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 7 September, 2004 - 6:56pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 17 January, 2011 - 3:03pm

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