Misumenoides
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Misumenoides is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae.[1] Spiders in this family are commonly called "crab" or "flower" spiders.[2]
Species
since 2022[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the World Spider Catalog listed the following 35 species:
- Misumenoides annulipes (O. P.-Cambridge, 1891)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mexico, Guatemala
- Misumenoides athleticus (Mello-Leitão, 1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mexico, Brazil
- Misumenoides bifissus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Guatemala
- Misumenoides blandus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1891)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Guatemala, Panama
- Misumenoides carminatus Mello-Leitão, 1941Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Argentina
- Misumenoides chlorophilus (Holmberg, 1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Argentina
- Misumenoides corticatus Mello-Leitão, 1929Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Misumenoides crassipes (Keyserling, 1880)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Colombia
- Misumenoides dasysternon Mello-Leitão, 1943Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Chile
- Misumenoides decipiens Caporiacco, 1955Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Venezuela
- Misumenoides depressus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1891)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Guatemala
- Misumenoides eximius Mello-Leitão, 1938Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Argentina
- Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer, 1837)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Canada, United States
- Misumenoides fusciventris Mello-Leitão, 1929Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Misumenoides gerschmanae Mello-Leitão, 1944Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Argentina
- Misumenoides illotus Soares, 1944Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Misumenoides magnus (Keyserling, 1880)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mexico to Colombia
- Misumenoides nicoleti Roewer, 1951Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Chile
- Misumenoides nigripes Mello-Leitão, 1929Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Misumenoides nigromaculatus (Keyserling, 1880)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Misumenoides obesulus (Gertsch & Davis, 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mexico
- Misumenoides parvus (Keyserling, 1880)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mexico to Colombia
- Misumenoides paucispinosus Mello-Leitão, 1929Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil, Guyana
- Misumenoides proseni Mello-Leitão, 1944Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Argentina
- Misumenoides quetzaltocatl Jiménez, 1992Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mexico
- Misumenoides roseiceps Mello-Leitão, 1949Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Misumenoides rubrithorax Caporiacco, 1947Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Guyana
- Misumenoides rubroniger Mello-Leitão, 1947Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Misumenoides rugosus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1891)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Guatemala, Panama
- Misumenoides similis (Keyserling, 1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Misumenoides tibialis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1891)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Panama, Brazil
- Misumenoides variegatus Mello-Leitão, 1941Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Argentina
- Misumenoides vigilans (O. P.-Cambridge, 1890)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Guatemala
- Misumenoides vulneratus Mello-Leitão, 1929Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
The female Misumenoides formosipes, while similar to Misumena vatia, is not as large, and can be distinguished by the inverted 'V' marking on its back (with the point of the V closer to the cephalothorax) and the 'mask' over its eyes. In most respects this spider behaves like the goldenrod spider, also commonly hunting in goldenrod sprays in the fall. It tends to take smaller prey, however, avoiding the bumblebees and large butterflies in favor of honeybees, large flies and small butterflies such as skippers. Male M. formosipes are quite distinctive, being much smaller than females and having a greenish cephalothorax, yellow-orange abdomen, and long, red to reddish-black front legs. They are found on a wide variety of plants as they wander in search of females in late summer and early fall.
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