Misumena
| Misumena | |
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| Misumena vatia female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Misumena Latreille, 1804 |
Misumena is a genus of crab spiders sometimes referred to as flower crab spiders.[1] They are similar in appearance to several other genera in the family Thomisidae, such as Misumenoides and Mecaphesa.[1]
Misumena vatia, the goldenrod crab spider, is a North American species commonly seen hunting in goldenrod (Solidago) sprays in autumn. It can change its color between white and yellow to match the flower it is sitting on. The color change takes a few days.
Species[]
Misumena vatia with fly
Misumena with wasp on Hyacinthus
As of 2008, the World Spider Catalog listed the following species:
- Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina
- Chrysanthus, 1964 – New Guinea
- Keyserling, 1880 – Peru
- Tikader, 1963 – India
- Thorell, 1881 – Yule Island
- Costa, 1875 – Egypt
- Chrysanthus, 1964 – New Guinea
- Simon, 1875 – Corsica
- Rainbow, 1898 – Australia
- (Taczanowski, 1872) – Guyana, French Guiana
- Banks, 1898 – Mexico
- Kulczynski, 1911 – New Guinea
- Banks, 1898 – United States, Mexico
- Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
- Kumari & Mittal, 1994 – India
- Tikader, 1965 – India
- (Simon, 1895) – Mongolia, China
- Tikader, 1963 – India
- Thorell, 1881 – New Guinea
- Kulczynski, 1911 – New Guinea
- Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
- Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana
- Tikader, 1962 – India
- Lessert, 1933 – Angola
- (Taczanowski, 1872) – Peru, French Guiana
- Misumena nigromaculata Denis, 1963 – Madeira
- Misumena oblonga O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 – Yarkand
- Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
- Banks, 1898 – Mexico
- Franganillo, 1926 – Cuba
- Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
- Franganillo, 1926 – Cuba
- Keyserling, 1880 – Peru
- (Blackwall, 1862) – Madeira, Canary Islands
- Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
- Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Java
- Soares, 1944 – Brazil
- Keyserling, 1880 – Peru
- Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757) – Holarctic
- Jiménez, 1986 – Mexico
- Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Brazil
- † Petrunkevitch, 1942 – Baltic amber
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Genus Misumena - Flower Crab Spiders - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
Categories:
- Thomisidae
- Cosmopolitan spiders
- Thomisidae stubs