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Genus of spiders
Misumena is a genus of
crab spiders sometimes referred to as flower crab spiders .
[1] They are similar in appearance to several other genera in the family
Thomisidae , such as
Misumenoides and
Mecaphesa .
[1]
Misumena vatia , the
goldenrod crab spider , is a North American species commonly seen hunting in
goldenrod (Solidago ) sprays in autumn. It can change its color between white and yellow to match the flower it is sitting on. The color change takes a few days.
Species
Misumena vatia with fly
Misumena with wasp on Hyacinthus
As of 2022
[update] , the
World Spider Catalog listed the following 40 species:
Misumena adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944 –
Argentina
Misumena alpha
Chrysanthus , 1964 –
New Guinea
Misumena amabilis Keyserling, 1880 –
Peru
Misumena annapurna
Tikader , 1963 – India
Misumena arrogans Thorell, 1881 –
Yule Island
Misumena atrocincta Costa, 1875 –
Egypt
Misumena beta Chrysanthus, 1964 –
New Guinea
Misumena bicolor Simon, 1875 –
Corsica
Misumena bipunctata Rainbow, 1898 – Australia
Misumena citreoides (Taczanowski, 1872) –
Guyana ,
French Guiana
Misumena conferta Banks, 1898 – Mexico
Misumena fasciata Kulczynski, 1911 – New Guinea
Misumena fidelis Banks, 1898 – United States, Mexico
Misumena frenata Simon, 1909 –
Vietnam
Misumena ganpatii Kumari & Mittal, 1994 – India
Misumena greenae Tikader, 1965 – India
Misumena grubei (Simon, 1895) –
Mongolia , China
Misumena indra Tikader, 1963 – India
Misumena innotata Thorell, 1881 – New Guinea
Misumena lorentzi Kulczynski, 1911 – New Guinea
Misumena luteovariata Mello-Leitão, 1929 –
Brazil
Misumena maputiyana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –
Philippines
Misumena maronica Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana
Misumena mickeyi (Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012) – India
Misumena mridulai Tikader, 1962 – India
Misumena nana Lessert, 1933 – Angola
Misumena nigripes (Taczanowski, 1872) – Peru, French Guiana
Misumena nigromaculata Denis, 1963 –
Madeira
Misumena oblonga O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 –
Yarkand
Misumena pallescens Caporiacco, 1949 –
Kenya
Misumena peninsulana Banks, 1898 – Mexico
Misumena platimanu Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
Misumena ritujae (Gajbe, 2008) – India
Misumena rubripes Keyserling, 1880 – Peru
Misumena spinifera (Blackwall, 1862) – Madeira,
Canary Islands
Misumena spinigaster Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
Misumena tapyasuka Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –
Java
Misumena terrosa Soares, 1944 – Brazil
Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757) –
Holarctic
Misumena viridans Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Brazil
References