Misumena
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 M. vatia with fly
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M. vatia (Goldenrod crab spider) |
Misumena is a genus of crab spider with holarctic distribution.
Misumena vatia, the Goldenrod crab spider, is the largest and most well-known of the North American flower spiders, commonly seen hunting in Goldenrod sprays in autumn.
[edit] Species
Misumena Latreille, 1804
- Misumena adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944 (Argentina)
- Misumena alpha Chrysanthus, 1964 (New Guinea)
- Misumena amabilis Keyserling, 1880 (Peru)
- Misumena annapurna Tikader, 1963 (India)
- Misumena arrogans Thorell, 1881 (Yule Is.)
- Misumena atrocincta Costa, 1875 (Egypt)
- Misumena beta Chrysanthus, 1964 (New Guinea)
- Misumena bicolor Simon, 1875 (Corsica)
- Misumena bipunctata Rainbow, 1898 (Australia)
- Misumena citreoides (Taczanowski, 1872) (Guyana, French Guiana)
- Misumena conferta Banks, 1898 (Mexico)
- Misumena fasciata Kulczyn'ski, 1911 (New Guinea)
- Misumena fidelis Banks, 1898 (USA, Mexico)
- Misumena frenata Simon, 1909 (Vietnam)
- Misumena ganpatii Kumari & Mittal, 1994 (India)
- Misumena greenae Tikader, 1965 (India)
- Misumena grubei (Simon, 1895) (Mongolia, China)
- Misumena indra Tikader, 1963 (India)
- Misumena innotata Thorell, 1881 (New Guinea)
- Misumena lorentzi Kulczyn'ski, 1911 (New Guinea)
- Misumena luteovariata Mello-Leitão, 1929 (Brazil)
- Misumena maputiyana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Philippines)
- Misumena maronica Caporiacco, 1954 (French Guiana)
- Misumena mridulai Tikader, 1962 (India)
- Misumena nana Lessert, 1933 (Angola)
- Misumena nigripes (Taczanowski, 1872) (Peru, French Guiana)
- Misumena nigromaculata Denis, 1963 (Madeira)
- Misumena oblonga O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 (Yarkand)
- Misumena pallescens Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya)
- Misumena peninsulana Banks, 1898 (Mexico)
- Misumena picta Franganillo, 1926 (Cuba)
- Misumena platimanu Mello-Leitão, 1929 (Brazil)
- Misumena quadrivulvata Franganillo, 1926 (Cuba)
- Misumena rubripes Keyserling, 1880 (Peru)
- Misumena spinifera (Blackwall, 1862) (Madeira, Canary Is.)
- Misumena spinigaster Mello-Leitão, 1929 (Brazil)
- Misumena tapyasuka Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Java)
- Misumena terrosa Soares, 1944 (Brazil)
- Misumena variegata Keyserling, 1880 (Peru)
- Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757) (Holarctic)
- Misumena vazquezae Jiménez, 1986 (Mexico)
- Misumena viridans Mello-Leitão, 1917 (Brazil)
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[edit] External links
- Picture of Misumena species (free for noncommercial use)
