🦋 Family

Thomisidae

56 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Arachnida › Araneae › Thomisidae

Phrynarachne ceylonica, the bird dung crab spider, mimics bird feces to lure prey and avoid predators, found across parts of Asia.

Phrynarachne rugosa, the bird-dung crab spider, is a thomisid spider found in Africa and nearby islands.

Stephanopis altifrons is an Australian species of crab spider that primarily preys on other spiders.

Sidymella angularis, the common square-ended crab spider, is an endemic New Zealand crab spider that hunts without webs.

Sidymella rubrosignata is a camouflaged spider with variable color, distinct leg length differences, and characteristic body shape markings.

Amyciaea forticeps is a Salticiform-looking crab spider distributed across India, China, and Malaysia.

Amyciaea albomaculata is an Australian ant-mimicking crab spider that mimics and hunts green tree ants, with characteristic abdominal markings.

Oxytate hoshizuna is a green spider species recorded from China and Japan, first described by Ono in 1978.

Related Families

Salticidae 299 species Araneidae 234 species Theridiidae 85 species Theraphosidae 64 species Lycosidae 63 species Tetragnathidae 38 species Pisauridae 30 species Sparassidae 24 species

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