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Xysticus

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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.

Species

Swamp Crab Spider

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyThomisidae
Observations4,338
Observations recorded120,230

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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Museum specimens

Specimen records
910
With media
13
Family
Thomisidae
Collections
ECOSUR, UAM, MNA, INHS, UTEP, NMSU
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Germany, South Africa

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Thomisidae
Image
Spider March 2008-1.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Xysticus
Commons category
Xysticus
topic's main category
Category:Xysticus
Commons gallery
Xysticus
taxon common name
krabbeedderkopper
taxon author citation
C.L. Koch, 1835
taxonomic type
Xysticus audax
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Behaviour
  • Description
  • Diagnostic characters
  • Species
  • References
  • External links

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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xysticus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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