Misumena

Misumena is a genus of crab spiders sometimes referred to as flower crab spiders.[1] They are similar in appearance to several other genera in the family Thomisidae, such as Misumenoides and Mecaphesa.[1]

Misumena
Temporal range:
Misumena vatia female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Misumena
Latreille, 1804

Misumena vatia, the goldenrod crab spider, is a North American species commonly seen hunting in goldenrod (Solidago) sprays in autumn. It can change its color between white and yellow to match the flower it is sitting on. The color change takes a few days.

Species

Misumena with wasp on Hyacinthus

As of 2022, the World Spider Catalog listed the following 40 species:

  • Misumena adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944Argentina
  • Misumena alpha Chrysanthus, 1964New Guinea
  • Misumena amabilis Keyserling, 1880Peru
  • Misumena annapurna Tikader, 1963 – India
  • Misumena arrogans Thorell, 1881Yule Island
  • Misumena atrocincta Costa, 1875Egypt
  • Misumena beta Chrysanthus, 1964New Guinea
  • Misumena bicolor Simon, 1875Corsica
  • Misumena bipunctata Rainbow, 1898 – Australia
  • Misumena citreoides (Taczanowski, 1872)Guyana, French Guiana
  • Misumena conferta Banks, 1898 – Mexico
  • Misumena fasciata Kulczynski, 1911 – New Guinea
  • Misumena fidelis Banks, 1898 – United States, Mexico
  • Misumena frenata Simon, 1909Vietnam
  • 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 Kulczynski, 1911 – New Guinea
  • Misumena luteovariata Mello-Leitão, 1929Brazil
  • Misumena maputiyana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995Philippines
  • Misumena maronica Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana
  • Misumena mickeyi (Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012) – India
  • Misumena mridulai Tikader, 1962 – India
  • Misumena nana Lessert, 1933 – Angola
  • Misumena nigripes (Taczanowski, 1872) – Peru, French Guiana
  • Misumena nigromaculata Denis, 1963Madeira
  • Misumena oblonga O. P.-Cambridge, 1885Yarkand
  • Misumena pallescens Caporiacco, 1949Kenya
  • Misumena peninsulana Banks, 1898 – Mexico
  • Misumena platimanu Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Misumena ritujae (Gajbe, 2008) – India
  • Misumena rubripes Keyserling, 1880 – Peru
  • Misumena spinifera (Blackwall, 1862) – Madeira, Canary Islands
  • Misumena spinigaster Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Misumena tapyasuka Barrion & Litsinger, 1995Java
  • Misumena terrosa Soares, 1944 – Brazil
  • Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)Holarctic
  • Misumena viridans Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Brazil

References

  1. "Genus Misumena - Flower Crab Spiders - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.


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