Misumenops is a common genus of crab spider with more than 50 described species.[1]

Misumenops
Misumenops bellulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Misumenops
F. O. P-Cambridge, 1900
Diversity
more than 50 species

The majority of the species of Misumenops, more than 80, have been transferred to 13 genera: Ansiea, Demogenes, Diaea, Ebelingia, Ebrechtella, Henriksenia, Heriaeus, Mecaphesa, Micromisumenops , Misumena, Misumenoides, Misumessus, and Runcinioides.[1][2]

Misumenops bellulus

Distribution edit

 
Misumenops callinurus in Brazil

Most species of this genus occur in the Americas from Canada to Argentina, with only a few exceptions:

Name edit

The genus name is derived from the related crab spider genus Misumena and the Greek ending ops "looks like". This ending is often used to denote closely related or similar looking genera.

Species edit

As of October 2023, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "NMBE World Spider Catalog, Misumenops". Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  2. ^ Lehtinen, P. T.; Marusik, Y. M. (2008). "A redefinition of Misumenops F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 (Araneae, Thomisidae) and review of the New World species". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 14: 173–198.