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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

Tibellus duttoni--Voucher image - Tibellus duttoni - female

Tibellus duttoni - Tibellus duttoni - female

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.

Epigynum:

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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