# Misumenini

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{{Short description|Tribe of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Veränderliche Krabbenspinne.jpg
|image_caption=''[Misumena vatia](/source/Misumena_vatia)'' with fly
|taxon=Misumenini
|authority=Dahl, 1913<ref name=Edwa17/>
|subdivision_ranks=Genera
|subdivision=See text.
}}

'''Misumenini''' is a [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) of [spider](/source/spider)s in the family [Thomisidae](/source/Thomisidae) (crab spiders).<ref name=Leht2004/>

==Description==
The tribe Misumenini belongs to the crab spider family, Thomisidae. As [circumscribed](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy)) by Lehtinen, typical members of the tribe Misumenini have a greenish body and legs (in fresh specimens), and a relatively uncomplicated colour pattern. They have a more-or-less unmodified [carapace](/source/Glossary_of_spider_terms) with only rarely any modifications to the [abdomen](/source/Glossary_of_spider_terms). Adult males and females are distinctly different. Males have [palpal](/source/Glossary_of_spider_terms) [tibia](/source/Glossary_of_spider_terms) with three separate and distinguishable processes (tibial [apophyses](/source/Glossary_of_spider_terms))  ([retrolateral](/source/Glossary_of_spider_terms), intermediate and ventral). Females have a more-or-less distinct hood to the [epigyne](/source/Glossary_of_spider_terms), as well as large [spermathecae](/source/Glossary_of_spider_terms) typical of other members of the subfamily Thomisinae. Some members of the tribe can  change body colour in the green-yellow-grey-white range to match the colour of the flower on which they are resting.<ref name=Leht2004/>

==Genera==
In 2004, [Pekka T. Lehtinen](/source/Pekka_T._Lehtinen) included the following 19 genera:<ref name=Leht2004/>
*''[Ansiea](/source/Ansiea)'' {{small|Lehtinen, 2004}} – Afrotropical
*''[Cyriogonus](/source/Cyriogonus)'' {{small|Simon, 1886}} – [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar)
*''[Ebelingia](/source/Ebelingia)'' {{small|Lehtinen, 2004}} – Oriental, east Palaearctic
*''[Ebrechtella](/source/Ebrechtella)'' {{small|Dahl, 1907}} – Oriental, Palaearctic
*''[Erissoides](/source/Erissoides)'' {{small|Mello-Leitão, 1929}} – Neotropical
*''[Henriksenia](/source/Henriksenia)'' {{small|Lehtinen, 2004}} – Oriental, [Melanesia](/source/Melanesia)
*''[Ledouxia](/source/Ledouxia)'' {{small|Lehtinen, 2004}} – Madagascar, [Mascarene Islands](/source/Mascarene_Islands)
*''[Loxoporetes](/source/Loxoporetes)'' {{small|Kulczyñski, 1911}} – Oriental, Australian
*''[Mastira](/source/Mastira)'' {{small|Thorell, 1891}} – Oriental
*''[Mecaphesa](/source/Mecaphesa)'' {{small|Simon, 1903}} – [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii), other Pacific islands
*''[Metadiaea](/source/Metadiaea)'' {{small|Mello-Leitão, 1929}} – Neotropical
*''[Misumena](/source/Misumena)'' {{small|Latreille, 1804}} – Palaearctic
*''[Misumenoides](/source/Misumenoides)'' {{small|F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900}} – Nearctic, Neotropical
*''[Misumenops](/source/Misumenops)'' {{small|F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900}} – Nearctic, Neotropical
*''[Pistius](/source/Pistius)'' {{small|Simon, 1875}} –  Palaearctic
*''[Runcinia](/source/Runcinia)'' {{small|Simon, 1875}} – Palaearctic, Old World tropical
*''[Runcinioides](/source/Runcinioides)'' {{small|Mello-Leitão, 1929}} – Neotropical
*''[Uraarachne](/source/Uraarachne)'' {{small|Keyserling, 1880}} – Neotropical
*''[Zygometis](/source/Zygometis)'' {{small|Simon, 1901}} – Oriental, Australian
<gallery mode=packed heights=160px>
File:Thomisidae_-_Ebrechtella_tricuspidata_(female).JPG|''[Ebrechtella tricuspidata](/source/Ebrechtella_tricuspidata)''
File:Northern_Crab_Spider_-_Mecaphesa_asperata_with_Frit_Fly_-_Chlorops_species,_Julie_Metz_Wetlands,_Woodbridge,_Virginia.jpg|''[Mecaphesa asperata](/source/Mecaphesa_asperata)''
File:Whitebanded Crab Spider - Misumenoides formosipes - male wiki.jpg|Male ''[Misumenoides formosipes](/source/Misumenoides_formosipes)''
File:Crab Spider - Mesumenops bellulus, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Key Largo, Florida.jpg|''[Misumenops bellulus](/source/Misumenops_bellulus)''
File:Pistius truncatus 1.JPG|''[Pistius truncatus](/source/Pistius_truncatus)''
File:Flower Spider (Zygometis lactea).jpg|''[Zygometis xanthogaster](/source/Zygometis_xanthogaster)''
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Edwa17>{{Citation |last1=Edwards |first1=G.B. |date=2017 |title=Revision of ''Misumessus'' (Thomisidae: Thomisinae: Misumenini), with observations on crab spider terminology |journal=Journal of Arachnology |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=296–323 |doi=10.1636/JoA-S-17-025.1 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321664219 |access-date=2023-10-23 }}</ref>

<ref name=Leht2004>{{citation| last=Lehtinen| first=P. T.| year=2004| contribution=Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions| editor-last1=Logunov| editor-first1=D. V.| title=European Arachnology 2003 (Proceedings of the 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St. Petersburg, 4-9 August 2003)| author-link=Pekka T. Lehtinen |contribution-url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/10029 |access-date=2023-10-23}}</ref>
}}

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Category:Thomisidae
Category:Spider tribes

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