Xysticus
Sign in to saveXysticus is a genus of around 300 ground crab spider species described by C. L. Koch in 1835, belonging to the order Araneae, family Thomisidae.
Species
Swamp Crab Spider
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyThomisidae
Observations4,338
Xysticus cf. bifasciatus mit erbeuteter Honigbiene und kleptoparasitischen Fliegen (Desmometopa m-nigrum)(Video, 1m 58s) Die Echten Krabbenspinnen (Xysticus), auch Buschkrabbenspinnen genannt, ist eine Gattung der Webspinnen aus der Familie der Krabbenspinnen (Thomisidae). Die artenreiche Gattung ist fast weltweit verbreitet und auch in Mitteleuropa mit etwa 26 Arten vertreten.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thomisidae
- Image
- Spider March 2008-1.jpg
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- P105
- genus
- P427
- Xysticus audax
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Behaviour
- Description
- Diagnostic characters
- Species
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Xysticus is a genus of around 300 ground crab spider species described by C. L. Koch in 1835, belonging to the order Araneae, family Thomisidae.
The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek root xyst, meaning "scraped, scraper".