Thomisus
Thomisus is a genus of crab spiders (family Thomisidae) with around 140 described species. The genus includes species that vary widely in their ecology, with some that are ambush predators that feed on insects visiting flowers. Like several other genera in the family Thomisidae, they are sometimes referred to as flower crab spiders, from their crab-like motion and their way of holding their front legs, reminiscent of a crab spreading its claws as a threat.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyThomisidae
Observations recorded33,085
Thomisus es un género de arañas cangrejo (familia Thomisidae) que cuenta con más de 100 especies descritas. Incluye especies que varían ampliamente en su ecología; se las conoce como arañas cangrejo de las flores, debido a que son depredadoras que se alimentan de los insectos que visitan las flores. El nombre cangrejo con que se denomina a estas arañas deriva de los movimientos que realizan y la posición en que mantienen sus patas anteriores, lo que recuerda a un cangrejo extendiendo sus pinzas como amenaza.
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Thomisus is a genus of crab spiders (family Thomisidae) with around 140 described species. The genus includes species that vary widely in their ecology, with some that are ambush predators that feed on insects visiting flowers. Like several other genera in the family Thomisidae, they are sometimes referred to as flower crab spiders, from their crab-like motion and their way of holding their front legs, reminiscent of a crab spreading its claws as a threat.
==Description and behavior== thumb|left|The eye arrangement of spiders in the genus Thomisus