Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

Thomisidae: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
Senicar (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
 
(385 intermediate revisions by more than 100 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{Short description|Family of spiders}}
{{Taxobox
{{Distinguish|spider crab}}
| color = pink
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Crab spiders
| image = Crab_spider_on_blackeyed_susanCrab Spider 6299.jpg
| taxon = Thomisidae
| image_width = 200px
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}}
| image_caption = Crab spider
| authority = [[Carl Jakob Sundevall|Sundevall]], 1833{{r|WSC_f103}}
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| diversity_link = Thomisidae#Taxonomy
| phylum = [[Arthropoda]]
| diversity = 171 genera, 2,167 species
| classis = [[Arachnida]]
| diversity_ref = {{r|WSC_stats}}
| ordo = [[Araneae]]
| range_map = Distribution.thomisidae.1.png
| familia = '''Thomisidae'''
| familia_authority = [[Carl Jakob Sundevall|Sundevall]], 1833
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
[[Misumena]]<br />
[[Misumenops]]<br />
[[Misumenoides]]<br />
[[Thomisius]]<br />
[[Xysticus]]<br />
[[Tmarus]]<br />
}}
[[File:Crab spider feeding Junonia atlites in Kadavoor.jpg|thumb|Crab spider feeding on a ''[[Junonia atlites]]'' butterfly in a ''[[Zinnia elegans]]'' flower]]
<table border="0" cellspacing="5px" cellpadding="5px">
<tr>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Crab_spider.JPG|thumb|150px|Crab spider during his feast.]]</td>
<td>
<div align="justify">The true '''Crab spiders''' are a group of [[spider]]s which belong to the family '''Thomisidae''' or '''thomisids'''. The common name for this group is 'flower spiders'. They do not build webs to catch their prey like other spiders. Instead they ambush insects by hiding on flowers.
 
The '''Thomisidae''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[spider]]s, including about 170 [[Genus|genera]] and over 2,100 species. The common name '''crab spider''' is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of this family are also known as '''flower spiders''' or '''flower crab spiders'''.<ref name=whyte2017/>
They are able to do this because the spider can change the color of its body to match the color of the flower on which it is hiding. They are called crab spiders because of their first two pairs of legs, which are held out to the side giving them (with their flattened, angular bodies) a crab-like appearance. Also, like crabs, these spiders move sideways and backwards more easily than forwards.
 
== Description ==
One of the most common genera is ''Misumena''.
[[File:Misumenops callinurus by André Nogueira - 362594012.jpeg|right|thumb|[[Camouflaging]] on a yellow flower, a ''[[Misumenops calinurus]]'' ambushes a [[butterfly]] in [[Porto Alegre]], [[Brazil]].]]
</div></td>
Members of this family of spiders do not spin webs, and are ambush predators. The two front legs are usually longer and more robust than the rest of the legs. The back two legs are smaller, and are usually covered in a series of strong spines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomisidae - General Information |url=https://www.arc.agric.za/arc-ppri/Pages/Biosystematics/Spider%20Research%20Centre/Thomisidae-General-Information.aspx |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=www.arc.agric.za}}</ref> They have dull colorations such as brown, grey, or very bright green, pink, white or yellow. They gain their name from the shape of their body, and they usually move sideways or backwards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=crab spider {{!}} arachnid {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/animal/crab-spider |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> These spiders are quite easy to identify and can very rarely be confused with [[Huntsman spider|Sparassidae]] family, though the crab spiders are usually smaller.
<td valign="top">[[Image:Pac_crabspider_d.JPG|thumb|150px|Crab spiders often live on flowers.]]</td>
 
</tr>
==Etymology==
</table>
Spiders in this family are called "crab spiders" due to their resemblance to [[crabs]], the way such spiders hold their two front pairs of legs, and their ability to scuttle sideways or backwards.<ref name=whyte2017/><ref name=bradley2012/> The Thomisidae are the family most generally referred to as "crab spiders", though some members of the [[Huntsman spider|Sparassidae]] are called "giant crab spiders", the [[wall crab spider|Selenopidae]] are called "wall crab spiders", and various members of the [[Sicariidae]] are sometimes called "six-eyed crab spiders".<ref name="Filmer">{{cite book |last=Filmer |first=Martin |title=Southern African Spiders |publisher=BHB International / Struik |location=City |year=1997 |isbn=1-86825-188-8 }}</ref> Some distantly related [[orb-weaver spider]] species such as ''[[Gasteracantha cancriformis]]'' also are sometimes called "crab spiders".
 
==Behavior==
{{unreferenced section|date=October 2015}}
[[File:Thomisus Onustus in Behbahan, Iran.jpg|alt=Thomisus Onustus in Behbahan, Iran|thumb|right|Crab spider waiting in ambush, [[Behbahan]], Iran]]
[[File:CrabSpider thd3.webm|thumb|thumbtime=43|right|Crab spider on Queen Ann’s lace]]
[[File:Crab spider safety line.webm|thumb|thumbtime=31|right|[[Crab spider]] jumps with safety line, on [[Verbesina alternifolia|yellow ironweed]]. Repeated at variable slow motion to better see silk line. Spider probably ''[[Misumessus oblongus]]''.]]
 
Thomisidae do not build webs to trap prey, though all of them produce [[Spider silk|silk]] for drop lines and sundry reproductive purposes; some are wandering hunters and the most widely known are [[ambush predator]]s. Some species sit on or beside flowers or fruit, where they grab visiting insects. Individuals of some species, such as ''[[Misumena vatia]]'' and ''[[Thomisus spectabilis]]'', are able to change color over a period of some days, to match the flower on which they are sitting. Some species frequent promising positions among leaves or bark, where they await prey, and some of them sit in the open, where they are startlingly good mimics of bird droppings. However, these members of the family Thomisidae are not to be confused with the spiders that generally are called [[Celaenia excavata|bird-dropping spiders]], not all of which are close relatives of crab spiders.
 
Other species of crab spiders with flattened bodies either hunt in the crevices of tree trunks or under loose bark, or shelter under such crevices by day, and come out at night to hunt. Members of the genus ''[[Xysticus]]'' hunt in the [[leaf litter]] on the ground. In each case, crab spiders use their powerful front legs to grab and hold on to prey while paralysing it with a venomous bite.
 
The spider family Aphantochilidae was incorporated into the Thomisidae in the late 1980s. ''[[Aphantochilus]]'' species mimic ''[[Cephalotes]]'' ants, on which they prey.
 
The spiders of Thomisidae are not known to be harmful to humans. However, spiders of a distantly related genus, ''[[Sicarius (genus)|Sicarius]]'', which are sometimes referred to as "crab spiders", or "six-eyed crab spiders", are close cousins to the [[recluse spider]]s, and are highly [[spider bite|venomous]], though human bites are rare.
 
==Sexual dimorphism==
Several different types of [[sexual dimorphism]] have been recorded in crab spiders. Some species exhibit color dimorphisms;<ref>{{Cite web|title=BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Thomisidae: INFORMATION|url=http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Thomisidae/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=www.biokids.umich.edu}}</ref> however, the most apparent dimorphism is the difference in size between males and females. In some species, this is relatively small; females of ''[[Misumena vatia]]'' are roughly twice the size of their male counterparts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flower (a.k.a. Goldenrod) Crab Spider (''Misumena vatia'') |publisher=Woodland Park Zoo |url=http://www.zoo.org/document.doc?id=203 |access-date=2015-10-30 }}</ref> In other cases, the difference is extreme; on average, female ''[[Thomisus onustus]]'' are more than 60 times as massive as the males.<ref name=CorcRodrDeMaMoya10/>
 
Several hypothesized explanations are given for the evolution of sexual size dimorphisms in the Thomisidae and other sister taxa.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hormiga |first1=G |last2=Scharff |first2=N |last3=Coddington |first3=J.A. |year=2000 |title=The Phylogenetic Basis of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Orb-Weaving Spiders (Araneae, Obiculariae) |journal=Systematic Biology |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=435–462 |doi=10.1080/10635159950127330 |pmid=12116421|doi-access=free }}</ref> The most widely acknowledged hypothesis for female growth is the [[fecundity]] hypothesis:<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Head |first1=G |year=1995 |title=Selection on Fecundity and Variation in the Degree of Sexual Size Dimorphism Among Spider Species (Class Araneae) |journal=Evolution |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=776–781 |doi=10.2307/2410330|jstor=2410330 |pmid=28565139 }}</ref> selection favors larger females so they can produce more eggs and healthier offspring. Because males do not carry and lay eggs, a growth in size does not confer a fitness advantage.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Head |first=G. |date=1995 |title=Selection on Fecundity and Variation in the Degree of Sexual Size Dimorphism Among Spider Species (Class Araneae) |journal=Evolution |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=776–781 |doi=10.2307/2410330|jstor=2410330 |pmid=28565139 }}</ref>
 
However, sexual size dimorphism may be a result of male dwarfism. The gravity hypothesis states that the smaller size allows the male to travel with greater ease, providing him with an increased opportunity to find mates.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Corcobado |first1=G. |last2=Rodríguez-Gironés |first2=M.A. |last3=De Mas |first3=E. |last4=Moya-Laraño |first4=J. |year=2010 |title=Introducing the refined gravity hypothesis of extreme sexual size dimorphism |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=236 |doi=10.1186/1471-2148-10-236 |pmid=20682029 |pmc=2924870 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2010BMCEE..10..236C }}</ref> Females are comparatively stationary, and their larger size allows them to capture larger prey, such as butterflies and bees, granting females the additional nutrients necessary for egg production.<ref name=CorcRodrDeMaMoya10>{{Cite journal |last1=Corcobado |first1=G. |last2=Rodríguez-Gironés |first2=M.A. |last3=De Mas |first3=E. |last4=Moya-Laraño |first4=J. |year=2010 |title=Introducing the refined gravity hypothesis of extreme sexual size dimorphism |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=10 |page=236 |doi=10.1186/1471-2148-10-236 |name-list-style=amp |pmid=20682029 |pmc=2924870 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2010BMCEE..10..236C }}</ref>
 
Other hypotheses propose that sexual size dimorphism evolved by chance, and no selective advantage exists to larger females or smaller males.<ref name=PrenElwoMont98>{{Cite journal |last1=Prenter |first1=J. |last2=Elwood |first2=R.W. |last3=Montgomery |first3=W.I. |year=1998 |title=No Association between Sexual Size Dimorphism and Life Histories in Spiders |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences |volume=265 |issue=1390 |pages=57–62 |doi=10.1098/rspb.1998.0264 |name-list-style=amp |pmc=1688762 }}</ref>
 
==Taxonomy==
[[File:Misumena vatia female Luc Viatour 1.jpg|thumb|''[[Misumena vatia]]'' female]]
[[File:Angaeus sp.jpg|thumb|''[[Angaeus]]'' sp., [[Karnataka]], India]]
[[File:Amyciaea sp..jpg|thumb|Ant-mimic ''[[Amyciaea]]'' sp., Karnataka, India]]
[[File:Phyrnarachne sp.jpg|thumb|''[[Phyrnarachne]]'' sp. mimicking bird-dropping, [[Karnataka]], India]]
[[File:Camaricus sp.jpg|thumb|''[[Camaricus]]'' sp., [[Goa]], India]]
[[File:Runcinia sp.jpg|thumb|''[[Runcinia]]'' sp., Goa, India]]
[[File:Food chain 2023.jpg|thumb|A crab-spider is spotted with a bumblebee as its prey underneath a leaf.]]
{{As of|2021|12}}, this large family contains around 171 [[genus|genera]]:<ref name=WSC_f103/>
 
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*''[[Acentroscelus]]'' <small>Simon, 1886</small>
*''[[Acrotmarus]]'' <small>Tang & Li, 2012</small>
*''[[Alcimochthes]]'' <small>Simon, 1885</small>
*''[[Amyciaea]]'' <small>Simon, 1885</small>
*''[[Angaeus]]'' <small>Thorell, 1881</small>
*''[[Ansiea]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 2004</small>
*''[[Aphantochilus]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870</small>
*''[[Apyretina]]'' <small>Strand, 1929</small>
*''[[Australomisidia]]'' <small>Szymkowiak, 2014</small>
*''[[Avelis]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Bassaniana]]'' <small>Strand, 1928</small>
*''[[Bassaniodes]]'' <small>Pocock, 1903</small>
*''[[Boliscus]]'' <small>Thorell, 1891</small>
*''[[Bomis (spider)|Bomis]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1874</small>
*''[[Bonapruncinia]]'' <small>Benoit, 1977</small>
*''[[Boomerangiana]]'' <small>Szymkowiak & Sherwood, 2021</small>
*''[[Borboropactus]]'' <small>Simon, 1884</small>
*''[[Bucranium (spider)|Bucranium]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881</small>
*''[[Camaricus]]'' <small>Thorell, 1887</small>
*''[[Carcinarachne]]'' <small>Schmidt, 1956</small>
*''[[Cebrenninus]]'' <small>Simon, 1887</small>
*''[[Ceraarachne]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1880</small>
*''[[Cetratus]]'' <small>Kulczyński, 1911</small>
*''[[Coenypha]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Coriarachne]]'' <small>Thorell, 1870</small>
*''[[Corynethrix]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1876</small>
*''[[Cozyptila]]'' <small>Lehtinen & Marusik, 2005</small>
*''[[Crockeria]]'' <small>Benjamin, 2016</small>
*''[[Cymbacha]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1874</small>
*''[[Cymbachina]]'' <small>Bryant, 1933</small>
*''[[Cynathea]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Cyriogonus]]'' <small>Simon, 1886</small>
*''[[Deltoclita]]'' <small>Simon, 1887</small>
*''[[Demogenes]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Diaea]]'' <small>Thorell, 1869</small>
*''[[Dietopsa]]'' <small>Strand, 1932</small>
*''[[Dimizonops]]'' <small>Pocock, 1903</small>
*''[[Diplotychus]]'' <small>Simon, 1903</small>
*''[[Domatha]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Ebelingia]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 2004</small>
*''[[Ebrechtella]]'' <small>Dahl, 1907</small>
*''[[Emplesiogonus]]'' <small>Simon, 1903</small>
*''[[Epicadinus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Epicadus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Epidius (spider)|Epidius]]'' <small>Thorell, 1877</small>
*''[[Erissoides]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1929</small>
*''[[Erissus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Felsina (spider)|Felsina]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Firmicus (spider)|Firmicus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Geraesta]]'' <small>Simon, 1889</small>
*''[[Gnoerichia]]'' <small>Dahl, 1907</small>
*''[[Haedanula]]'' <small>Caporiacco, 1941</small>
*''[[Haplotmarus]]'' <small>Simon, 1909</small>
*''[[Hedana]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1874</small>
*''[[Henriksenia]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 2004</small>
*''[[Herbessus]]'' <small>Simon, 1903</small>
*''[[Heriaesynaema]]'' <small>Caporiacco, 1939</small>
*''[[Heriaeus]]'' <small>Simon, 1875</small>
*''[[Heterogriffus]]'' <small>Platnick, 1976</small>
*''[[Hewittia]]'' <small>Lessert, 1928</small>
*''[[Hexommulocymus]]'' <small>Caporiacco, 1955</small>
*''[[Holopelus]]'' <small>Simon, 1886</small>
*''[[Ibana]]'' <small>Benjamin, 2014</small>
*''[[Indosmodicinus]]'' <small>Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2010</small>
*''[[Indoxysticus]]'' <small>Benjamin & Jaleel, 2010</small>
*''[[Iphoctesis]]'' <small>Simon, 1903</small>
*''[[Isala (spider)|Isala]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1876</small>
*''[[Isaloides]]'' <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900</small>
*''[[Kryptochroma]]'' <small>Machado, 2021</small>
*''[[Lampertia]]'' <small>Strand, 1907</small>
*''[[Latifrons]]'' <small>Kulczyński, 1911</small>
*''[[Ledouxia]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 2004</small>
*''[[Leroya (Spider)|Leroya]]'' <small>Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2014</small>
*''[[Loxobates]]'' <small>Thorell, 1877</small>
*''[[Loxoporetes]]'' <small>Kulczyński, 1911</small>
*''[[Lycopus (spider)|Lycopus]]'' <small>Thorell, 1895</small>
*''[[Lysiteles]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Massuria]]'' <small>Thorell, 1887</small>
*''[[Mastira]]'' <small>Thorell, 1891</small>
*''[[Mecaphesa]]'' <small>Simon, 1900</small>
*''[[Megapyge]]'' <small>Caporiacco, 1947</small>
*''[[Metadiaea]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1929</small>
*''[[Micromisumenops]]'' <small>Tang & Li, 2010</small>
*''[[Misumena]]'' <small>Latreille, 1804</small>
*''[[Misumenoides]]'' <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900</small>
*''[[Misumenops]]'' <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900</small>
*''[[Misumessus]]'' <small>Banks, 1904</small>
*''[[Modysticus]]'' <small>Gertsch, 1953</small>
*''[[Monaeses]]'' <small>Thorell, 1869</small>
*''[[Musaeus (spider)|Musaeus]]'' <small>Thorell, 1890</small>
*''[[Mystaria (spider)|Mystaria]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Narcaeus]]'' <small>Thorell, 1890</small>
*''[[Nyctimus (spider)|Nyctimus]]'' <small>Thorell, 1877</small>
*''[[Ocyllus]]'' <small>Thorell, 1887</small>
*''[[Onocolus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Ostanes (spider)|Ostanes]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Oxytate]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1878</small>
*''[[Ozyptila]]'' <small>Simon, 1864</small>
*''[[Pactactes]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Pagida]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Parabomis]]'' <small>Kulczyński, 1901</small>
*''[[Parasmodix]]'' <small>Jézéquel, 1966</small>
*''[[Parastrophius]]'' <small>Simon, 1903</small>
*''[[Parasynema]]'' <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900</small>
*''[[Pasias]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Pasiasula]]'' <small>Roewer, 1942</small>
*''[[Phaenopoma]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Pharta]]'' <small>Thorell, 1891</small>
*''[[Pherecydes (spider)|Pherecydes]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883</small>
*''[[Philodamia]]'' <small>Thorell, 1894</small>
*''[[Philogaeus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Phireza]]'' <small>Simon, 1886</small>
*''[[Phrynarachne]]'' <small>Thorell, 1869</small>
*''[[Physoplatys]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Pistius]]'' <small>Simon, 1875</small>
*''[[Plastonomus]]'' <small>Simon, 1903</small>
*''[[Platyarachne]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1880</small>
*''[[Platythomisus]]'' <small>Doleschall, 1859</small>
*''[[Poecilothomisus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Porropis]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1876</small>
*''[[Prepotelus]]'' <small>Simon, 1898</small>
*''[[Pseudamyciaea]]'' <small>Simon, 1905</small>
*''[[Pseudoporrhopis]]'' <small>Simon, 1886</small>
*''[[Pycnaxis]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Pyresthesis]]'' <small>Butler, 1879</small>
*''[[Reinickella]]'' <small>Dahl, 1907</small>
*''[[Rejanellus]]'' <small>Lise, 2005</small>
*''[[Rhaebobates]]'' <small>Thorell, 1881</small>
*''[[Runcinia]]'' <small>Simon, 1875</small>
*''[[Runcinioides]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1929</small>
*''[[Saccodomus]]'' <small>Rainbow, 1900</small>
*''[[Scopticus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Sidymella]]'' <small>Strand, 1942</small>
*''[[Simorcus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Sinothomisus]]'' <small>Tang et al., 2006</small>
*''[[Smodicinodes]]'' <small>Ono, 1993</small>
*''[[Smodicinus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Soelteria]]'' <small>Dahl, 1907</small>
*''[[Spilosynema]]'' <small>Tang & Li, 2010</small>
*''[[Stephanopis]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869</small>
*''[[Stephanopoides]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1880</small>
*''[[Stiphropella]]'' <small>Lawrence, 1952</small>
*''[[Stiphropus]]'' <small>Gerstäcker, 1873</small>
*''[[Strigoplus]]'' <small>Simon, 1885</small>
*''[[Strophius (spider)|Strophius]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1880</small>
*''[[Sylligma]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Synaemops]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1929</small>
*''[[Synalus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Synema (spider)|Synema]]'' <small>Simon, 1864</small>
*''[[Tagulinus]]'' <small>Simon, 1903</small>
*''[[Tagulis]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Talaus (spider)|Talaus]]'' <small>Simon, 1886</small>
*''[[Tarrocanus]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Taypaliito]]'' <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small>
*''[[Tharpyna]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1874</small>
*''[[Tharrhalea]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1875</small>
*''[[Thomisops]]'' <small>Karsch, 1879</small>
*''[[Thomisus]]'' <small>Walckenaer, 1805</small>
*''[[Titidiops]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1929</small>
*''[[Titidius]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small>
*''[[Tmarus]]'' <small>Simon, 1875</small>
*''[[Trichopagis]]'' <small>Simon, 1886</small>
*''[[Ulocymus]]'' <small>Simon, 1886</small>
*''[[Uraarachne]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1880</small>
*''[[Wechselia]]'' <small>Dahl, 1907</small>
*''[[Xysticus]]'' <small>C. L. Koch, 1835</small>
*''[[Zametopina]]'' <small>Simon, 1909</small>
*''[[Zygometis]]'' <small>Simon, 1901</small>
}}
 
==See also==
*[[Philodromidae]], also called crab spiders
 
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=bradley2012>{{cite book |last1=Bradley |first1=Richard A. |title=Common Spiders of North America |date=2012 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520954502}}</ref>
<ref name=whyte2017>{{cite book |last1=Whyte |first1=Robert |last2=Anderson |first2=Greg |title=A field guide to spiders of Australia |date=2017 |publisher=Csiro Publishing |isbn=9780643107083}}</ref>
<ref name=WSC_f103>{{cite web |title=Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genlist/103 |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
<ref name=WSC_stats>{{cite web |title=Currently valid spider genera and species |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/statistics |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
}}
 
==External links==
* [http://www.coestateparkforestryimages.comorg/crab_spiderbrowse/subimages.htmcfm?SUB=4319 Pictures and text of crab spiders] (free for noncommercial use)
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-genre=Animal&query_src=photos_fauna_index&rel-taxon=contains&where-taxon=Misumena+vatia Photos of crab spiders] hosted by University of California, Berkeley
*[http://americanspiders.zacharoo.com/Crab%20Spider/index.html Photos of American Crab Spiders]
*[http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/thomisidae/crabspiders.html Photos and Info on Australian Crab Spiders]
*[http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/crab/crab.htm Kentucky Crab Spiders] Photos and Information
 
{{Araneae}}
[[Category:Spiders]]
{{Taxonbar|from=Q12023}}
[[Category:Thomisidae]]
{{Authority control}}
 
[[Category:Thomisidae| ]]
[[de:Krabbenspinnen]]
[[Category:Araneomorphae families]]
[[lt:Krabvoriai]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Jakob Sundevall]]
[[nl:Krabspinnen]]
[[Category:Articles containing video clips]]
[[ja:カニグモ科]]
[[pl:Ukośnikowate]]