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Species Tibellus maritimus

Representative Images

long thin spider - Tibellus maritimus - female Slender Spider. May 5 2011 - Tibellus maritimus - female Lateral view, habitus - Tibellus maritimus - female Tibellus maritimus? - Tibellus maritimus Tibellus maritimus? - Tibellus maritimus striped spider - Tibellus maritimus spider - Tibellus maritimus spider - Tibellus maritimus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Philodromidae (Running Crab Spiders)
Genus Tibellus (Slender Crab Spiders)
Species maritimus (Tibellus maritimus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog

Explanation of Names

(Menge, 1875)

Identification

Female/Male


Epigynum:


Palp:

Range

Alaska to Newfoundland, southward to Utah and New England (also Europe & Asia).(1)

Works Cited

1.The Crab Spiders of Canada and Alaska; Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae (The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 5)
Charles Dondale & James Redner. 1978. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.
Contributed by John Sloan on 17 February, 2010 - 4:24pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Mandy Howe
Last updated 22 March, 2022 - 7:51am

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