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Crab Spiders
Thomisidae
The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 175 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often applied to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other species of spiders. Among the Thomisidae, "crab spider" refers most often to the familiar species of "flower crab spiders", though not all members of the family are limited to ambush hunting in flowers.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Thomisinae
subfamilyThomisinae
Stephanopinae
subfamilyStephanopinae
Dietinae
subfamilyDietinae
Aphantochilinae
subfamilyAphantochilinae
Bominae
subfamilyBominae
Stiphropodinae
subfamilyStiphropodinae
Bonapruncinia
genusBonapruncinia
Hexommulocymus
genusHexommulocymus
Megapyge
genusMegapyge
Soelteria
genusSoelteria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Thomisidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47866.