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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Running Crab Spiders (Philodromidae) » Slender Crab Spiders (Tibellus) » Tibellus duttoni

Species Tibellus duttoni

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References
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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 Philodromidae (Running Crab Spiders)
Genus Tibellus (Slender Crab Spiders)
Species duttoni (Tibellus duttoni)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Tibellus duttoni (Hentz, 1847)
Size
Male body length 5 to 7 mm; female 6 to 10 mm (Kaston, 1948).
Identification
This species has four pairs of ventral macrosetae on tibia I whereas T. asiaticus, T. oblongus and T. maritimus have only three pairs. T. chamberlini also has four pairs of ventral macrosetae but also has paired lateral stripes. See also fig. 343-347 in Dondale & Redner, 1978.



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Palp:
Range
Mexico to Florida, northward to North Dakota and New England (Dondale & Redner, 1978).
Habitat
Tall grass (Dondale & Redner, 1978).
Print References
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. (1978b). The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 5. The crab spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.

Kaston, B. J. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Contributed by Kevin Pfeiffer on 3 July, 2011 - 12:59am
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 22 March, 2022 - 7:50am

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