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Genus Philodromus

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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)
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 March, 2009 - 11:14am

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