Misumena
Encyclopedia
Flower crab spiders are crab spider
s of the genus Misumena with holarctic
distribution.
The goldenrod crab spider is the largest and most well-known of the North American flower spiders, commonly seen hunting in goldenrod
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.
Crab spider
Crab spider is a common name applied loosely to many species of spiders, but most nearly consistently to members of the family Thomisidae...
s of the genus Misumena with holarctic
Holarctic
The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,...
distribution.
The goldenrod crab spider is the largest and most well-known of the North American flower spiders, commonly seen hunting in goldenrod
Goldenrod
Solidago, commonly called goldenrods, is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Most are herbaceous perennial species found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are also a few species native to Mexico, South...
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 adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944 — ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
- Misumena alpha Chrysanthus, 1964 — New GuineaNew GuineaNew Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
- Misumena amabilis Keyserling, 1880 — PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
- Misumena annapurna TikaderB. K. TikaderBenoy Krishna Tikader was an Indian arachnologist and zoologist and a leading expert on Indian spiders in his time. He was a member of the Zoological Survey of India and the author of the most comprehensive work on Indian spiders to date, Handbook of Indian Spiders first published in 1987...
, 1963 — IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... - Misumena arrogans Thorell, 1881 — Yule IslandYule IslandYule Island is a small island in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. It lies 160 km from Port Moresby.-History:Yule Island was one of the first areas in Central Province to have contact with Europeans...
- Misumena atrocincta Costa, 1875 — EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
- Misumena beta Chrysanthus, 1964 — New GuineaNew GuineaNew Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
- Misumena bicolor Simon, 1875 — CorsicaCorsicaCorsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
- Misumena bipunctata Rainbow, 1898 — AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
- Misumena citreoides (Taczanowski, 1872) — GuyanaGuyanaGuyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
, French GuianaFrench GuianaFrench Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west... - Misumena conferta Banks, 1898 — MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
- Misumena fasciata Kulczynski, 1911 — New Guinea
- Misumena fidelis Banks, 1898 — USA, Mexico
- Misumena frenata Simon, 1909 — VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
- Misumena ganpatii Kumari & Mittal, 1994 — India
- Misumena greenae Tikader, 1965 — India
- Misumena grubei (Simon, 1895) — MongoliaMongoliaMongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... - Misumena indra Tikader, 1963 — India
- Misumena innotata Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
- Misumena lorentzi Kulczynski, 1911 — New Guinea
- Misumena luteovariata Mello-Leitão, 1929 — BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
- Misumena maputiyana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
- Misumena maronica Caporiacco, 1954 — French Guiana
- Misumena mridulai Tikader, 1962 — India
- Misumena nana Lessert, 1933 — Angola
- Misumena nigripes (Taczanowski, 1872) — Peru, French Guiana
- Misumena nigromaculataMisumena nigromaculataMisumena nigromaculata is a species of flower crab spider endemic to Madeira. It is typical to find them on top of yellow flowers such as Sonchus or Tolpis....
Denis, 1963 — MadeiraMadeiraMadeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union... - Misumena oblonga O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Yarkand
- Misumena pallescens Caporiacco, 1949 — KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
- Misumena peninsulana Banks, 1898 — Mexico
- Misumena picta Franganillo, 1926 — CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
- Misumena platimanu Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
- Misumena quadrivulvata Franganillo, 1926 — Cuba
- Misumena rubripes Keyserling, 1880 — Peru
- Misumena spinifera (Blackwall, 1862) — Madeira, Canary IslandsCanary IslandsThe Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
- Misumena spinigaster Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
- Misumena tapyasuka Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — JavaJavaJava is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
- Misumena terrosa Soares, 1944 — Brazil
- Misumena variegata Keyserling, 1880 — Peru
- Misumena vatiaMisumena vatiaMisumena vatia is a species of crab spider with holarctic distribution. In North America, where it is the largest and best-known flower spider, it is called the goldenrod crab spider or flower spider, because it is commonly found hunting in goldenrod sprays in the autumn.Young males in the early...
(Clerck, 1757) — HolarcticHolarcticThe Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,... - Misumena vazquezae Jiménez, 1986 — Mexico
- Misumena viridans Mello-Leitão, 1917 — Brazil
External links
- Picture of Misumena species (free for noncommercial use)