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Ground Crab Spiders
Xysticus
Xysticus is a genus of around 300 ground crab spider species described by C. L. Koch in 1835, belonging to the order Araneae, family Thomisidae.
The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek root xyst, meaning "scraped, scraper".
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Xysticus cristatus
complexXysticus cristatus
Sad Ground Crab Spider
speciesXysticus funestus
Tan crab spider
speciesXysticus ferox
Punctated Ground Crab Spider
speciesXysticus punctatus
Xysticus texanus
speciesXysticus texanus
Brotherly Ground Crab Spider
speciesXysticus fraternus
Enlarged Ground Crab Spider
speciesXysticus locuples
elegant crab spider
speciesXysticus elegans
Xysticus acerbus
speciesXysticus acerbus
Xysticus croceus
speciesXysticus croceus
Xysticus auctificus
speciesXysticus auctificus
Xysticus luctans
speciesXysticus luctans
Sub-social Crab Spider
speciesXysticus bimaculatus
Xysticus pretiosus
speciesXysticus pretiosus
Xysticus gosiutus
speciesXysticus gosiutus
Xysticus apachecus
speciesXysticus apachecus
Xysticus ephippiatus
speciesXysticus ephippiatus
Xysticus kempeleni
speciesXysticus kempeleni
Emerton's Crab Spider
speciesXysticus emertoni
Xysticus verneaui
speciesXysticus verneaui
Xysticus luctuosus
speciesXysticus luctuosus
Xysticus californicus
speciesXysticus californicus
Three-banded Crab Spider
speciesXysticus triguttatus
Xysticus lineatus
speciesXysticus lineatus
Xysticus alboniger
speciesXysticus alboniger
Montane Crab Spider
speciesXysticus montanensis
Xysticus gulosus
speciesXysticus gulosus
Xysticus pellax
speciesXysticus pellax
Xysticus grallator
speciesXysticus grallator
Xysticus insulicola
speciesXysticus insulicola
Thessalicus-like Ground Crab Spider
speciesXysticus thessalicoides
Xysticus chippewa
speciesXysticus chippewa
Xysticus ocala
speciesXysticus ocala
Geometrical Crab Spider
speciesXysticus geometres
Xysticus fagei
speciesXysticus fagei
Xysticus obscurus
speciesXysticus obscurus
Xysticus aprilinus
speciesXysticus aprilinus
Xysticus facetus
speciesXysticus facetus
Thessalian Ground Crab Spider
speciesXysticus thessalicus
Xysticus cunctator
speciesXysticus cunctator
Xysticus natalensis
speciesXysticus natalensis
Xysticus benefactor
speciesXysticus benefactor
Xysticus pseudoluctuosus
speciesXysticus pseudoluctuosus
Xysticus verecundus
speciesXysticus verecundus
Xysticus dzhungaricus
speciesXysticus dzhungaricus
Xysticus havilandi
speciesXysticus havilandi
Xysticus bakanas
speciesXysticus bakanas
Xysticus kurilensis
speciesXysticus kurilensis
Xysticus lapidarius
speciesXysticus lapidarius
Xysticus chui
speciesXysticus chui
Xysticus ellipticus
speciesXysticus ellipticus
Xysticus urbensis
speciesXysticus urbensis
Xysticus apricus
speciesXysticus apricus
Xysticus robinsoni
speciesXysticus robinsoni
Xysticus ampullatus
speciesXysticus ampullatus
Xysticus slovacus
speciesXysticus slovacus
Xysticus mulleri
speciesXysticus mulleri
Xysticus bicuspis
speciesXysticus bicuspis
rare ground crab spider
speciesXysticus fervidus
Xysticus floridanus
speciesXysticus floridanus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 61903.