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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Misumessus » Misumessus oblongus

Species Misumessus oblongus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus Misumessus
Species oblongus (Misumessus oblongus)
Other Common Names
American Green Crab Spider
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Misumessus oblongus (Keyserling, 1880)
Synonyms:
Misumena oblonga Keyserling, 1880
Misumenops oblonga (Keyserling, 1880)
Misumena americana Keyserling, 1880
Recently (2008) removed from Misumenops. See the World Spider Catalog.
Size
Female: 4.45-6.01mm(1)
Male: 2.56-2.96mm(1)
Identification
Carapace pale greenish to white with few spines, especially in female. Males often have a red stripe along the margin (2) (3).
Range
"Throughout the United States but more common in the south."(2)
Internet References
Guarisco, H., B. Cutler & D. Jennings, 2003. Checklist of Kansas Crab Spiders. Kansas School Naturalist 49, May 2003
The World Spider Catalog
Photo at Pbase
Works Cited
1.Revision of Misumessus (Thomisidae: Thomisinae: Misumenini), with observations on crab spider terminology.
Edwards, G. B. . 2017. Journal of Arachnology 45(3): 296-323.
2.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
3.A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas
John A. Jackman. 2002. Gulf Publishing.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 30 July, 2009 - 5:31pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, cheins, Ted Kropiewnicki, pfeiffer, Laura P.
Last updated 7 August, 2024 - 11:09pm

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