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Running Crab Spiders
Philodromus
Philodromus is a genus of philodromid crab spiders. Spiders in this genus are distinctively flattened.
The more than 250 described species are distributed throughout the Holarctic region, with few species reaching into more southern regions. Some are found in certain parts of Africa, with sporadic species occurring up to Australia. Only one species (P. traviatus) is found in (northern) South America. Around sixteen species are described from Central Europe.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Philodromus aureolus
complexPhilodromus aureolus

Philodromus rufus
complexPhilodromus rufus

Eurasian Running Crab Spider
speciesPhilodromus dispar

Artanes
subgenusArtanes

Philodromus imbecillus
complexPhilodromus imbecillus

Philodromus infuscatus
complexPhilodromus infuscatus

Philodromus auricomus
speciesPhilodromus auricomus

Philodromus subaureolus
speciesPhilodromus subaureolus

Philodromus splendens
speciesPhilodromus splendens

Philodromus otjimbumbe
speciesPhilodromus otjimbumbe

Philodromus browningi
speciesPhilodromus browningi

Philodromus planus
speciesPhilodromus planus

Philodromus guineensis
speciesPhilodromus guineensis

Philodromus guiyang
speciesPhilodromus guiyang

Philodromus partitus
speciesPhilodromus partitus

Philodromus devhutai
speciesPhilodromus devhutai

Philodromus durvei
speciesPhilodromus durvei

Philodromus bigibbus
speciesPhilodromus bigibbus

Philodromus brachycephalus
speciesPhilodromus brachycephalus

Philodromus tiwarii
speciesPhilodromus tiwarii

Philodromus grosi
speciesPhilodromus grosi

Philodromus maliniae
speciesPhilodromus maliniae

Philodromus albolimbatus
speciesPhilodromus albolimbatus

Philodromus epigynatus
speciesPhilodromus epigynatus
Philodromus insulanus
speciesPhilodromus insulanus

Philodromus luteovirescens
speciesPhilodromus luteovirescens
Philodromus sticticus
speciesPhilodromus sticticus
Philodromus thanatellus
speciesPhilodromus thanatellus
Philodromus tabupumensis
speciesPhilodromus tabupumensis
Philodromus traviatus
speciesPhilodromus traviatus
Philodromus v-notatus
speciesPhilodromus v-notatus
Philodromus victor
speciesPhilodromus victor
Philodromus venustus
speciesPhilodromus venustus
Philodromus vulpio
speciesPhilodromus vulpio
Philodromus humilis
speciesPhilodromus humilis
Philodromus immaculatus
speciesPhilodromus immaculatus
Philodromus jimredneri
speciesPhilodromus jimredneri
Philodromus ketani
speciesPhilodromus ketani
Philodromus kalliaensis
speciesPhilodromus kalliaensis
Philodromus juvencus
speciesPhilodromus juvencus
Philodromus kraepelini
speciesPhilodromus kraepelini
Philodromus lasaensis
speciesPhilodromus lasaensis
Philodromus legae
speciesPhilodromus legae
Philodromus maculatovittatus
speciesPhilodromus maculatovittatus
Philodromus manikae
speciesPhilodromus manikae
Philodromus lhasana
speciesPhilodromus lhasana
Philodromus maestrii
speciesPhilodromus maestrii
Philodromus lugens
speciesPhilodromus lugens
Philodromus mohiniae
speciesPhilodromus mohiniae
Philodromus melanostomus
speciesPhilodromus melanostomus
Philodromus molarius
speciesPhilodromus molarius
Philodromus morsus
speciesPhilodromus morsus
Philodromus multispinus
speciesPhilodromus multispinus
Philodromus monitae
speciesPhilodromus monitae
Philodromus niveus
speciesPhilodromus niveus

Philodromus nigrostriatipes
speciesPhilodromus nigrostriatipes
Philodromus pali
speciesPhilodromus pali
Philodromus panganii
speciesPhilodromus panganii
Philodromus pawani
speciesPhilodromus pawani
Philodromus pelagonus
speciesPhilodromus pelagonus
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 56611.