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Running Crab Spiders
Philodromidae
Philodromidae, also known as philodromid crab spiders and running crab spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell in 1870 (then known as subfamily Philodrominae within Thomisidae). It contains over 500 species in about thirty genera.
The most common genus is Philodromus which is widespread, similar to Ebo. Other common genera include the elongate grass-dwelling Tibellus and the widespread Thanatus, which includes the house crab spider that commonly captures flies on and in buildings.
22 branches of this family, most-observed first
Philodrominae
subfamilyPhilodrominae
Thanatinae
subfamilyThanatinae
Rhysodromus
genusRhysodromus
Beautiful Running Crab Spiders
genusPulchellodromus
Titanebo
genusTitanebo
Ebo
genusEbo
Psellonus
genusPsellonus
Gephyrota
genusGephyrota
Hirriusa ground running spider
genusHirriusa
Celerrimus
genusCelerrimus
Eminella
genusEminella
Suemus
genusSuemus
Halodromus
genusHalodromus
Sinodromus
genusSinodromus
Tibitanus
genusTibitanus
Paracleocnemis
genusParacleocnemis
Gephyrina
genusGephyrina
Philodromops
genusPhilodromops
Pseudopsellonus
genusPseudopsellonus
Vacchellia
genusVacchellia
Paratibellus
genusParatibellus
Procleocnemis
genusProcleocnemis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 47868.