Misumenops nepenthicola

Misumenops nepenthicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Misumenops
Species: M. nepenthicola
Binomial name
Misumenops nepenthicola
(Pocock, 1898)[1]
Synonyms

Misumena nepenthicola

Misumenops nepenthicola is a species of crab spider. It lives inside the pitchers of a number of lowland Nepenthes pitcher plants in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. As such, it is classified as a nepenthephile. They are slow-moving spiders which do not actively hunt. Males and females both reach a length of 6 mm.

References

  1. ↑ Pocock, R.I. 1898. Spiders and pitcher plants. Nature 58: 274–275.