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

Species Mecaphesa dubia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Internet References

Adult male angled - Mecaphesa dubia - male

M. dubia - dorsal - Mecaphesa dubia - male

M. dubia - penultimate - dorsal - Mecaphesa dubia - male

M. dubia w/ blotch - ventral - Mecaphesa dubia - male

M. dubia w/ two dots - lateral - Mecaphesa dubia - male

Pale M. dubia - lateral - Mecaphesa dubia - female

White M. dubia - adult dorsal - Mecaphesa dubia - male

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 Mecaphesa

Species dubia (Mecaphesa dubia)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

First described in 1880 by Eugen von Keyserling as Misumena dubia.

Identification

Female

immature female

Male

immature male

Palp

Epigynum

Internet References

Die Spinnen Amerikas, v.1, p.90 Keyserling's original description of the species

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 26 August, 2010 - 3:21pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, Chuck Entz
Last updated 25 March, 2023 - 9:25pm

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