Misumenops

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Italic title}} {{automatic taxobox | name = ''Misumenops'' | image = Crab Spider - Mesumenops bellulus, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Key Largo, Florida.jpg | image_caption = ''Misumenops bellulus'' | image2 = Misumenops rubrodecoratus 299837105 540201321.jpg | image2_caption = female ''M. rubrodecoratus'' | taxon = Misumenops | authority = F. O. P-Cambridge, 1900 | diversity = more than 50 species }}

'''''Misumenops''''' is a common genus of crab spider with more than 50 described species.<ref name=wsc />

The majority of the species of ''Misumenops'', more than 80, have been transferred to 13 genera: ''Ansiea'', ''Demogenes'', ''Diaea'', ''Ebelingia'', ''Ebrechtella'', ''Henriksenia'', ''Heriaeus'', ''Mecaphesa'', ''Micromisumenops'', ''Misumena'', ''Misumenoides'', ''Misumessus'', and ''Runcinioides''.<ref name=wsc /><ref name=lehtinen />

==Distribution== Most species of this genus occur in the Americas from Canada to Argentina, with only a few exceptions: * Sixteen species are found on Hawaii, one (''M. dalmasi'') on the Marquesas Islands, one ''M. melloloitaoi'' on Tahiti, and one ''M. rapaensis'' on Rapa Island. * Two species (''M. forcatus'' and ''M. zhangmuensis'') occur in China, ''M. armatus'' in Central Asia, ''M. turanicus'' in Uzbekistan, ''M. khandalaensis'' in India, ''M. morrisi'' on the Philippines. * ''M. rubrodecoratus'' occurs in Africa, ''M. decolor'' only in Ethiopia.

==Description== These are small spiders, measuring 2–7 mm in body length. The body colour ranges from yellow to pale green, though the green coloration fades to yellow when preserved in alcohol. Some specimens display red or brown patterns or lines on the carapace and abdomen, and legs I and II are sometimes banded with red or brown.<ref name="dippenaar2020" />

The carapace is as wide as it is long, low and slightly convex in profile, with the surface clothed with numerous erect spiniform setae. The eyes are arranged in two recurved rows, with the lateral eyes larger than the median eyes and situated on conjoined tubercles. The clypeus is vertical and bears four pairs of long primary setae on its margin. The sternum is heart-shaped.<ref name="dippenaar2020" />

The abdomen is round in dorsal view and flattened, clothed with numerous erect spiniform setae. The anterior two pairs of legs are approximately equal in length and thickness, but are longer and stronger than the posterior pairs. The prolateral surface of femora I and II bears strong setae, while the ventral surface of the tibiae and metatarsi has a double row of macro-setae. Males exhibit sexual dimorphism in shape, size and colour.<ref name="dippenaar2020" />

==Name== The genus name is derived from the related crab spider genus ''Misumena'' and the Greek ending ''ops'' "looks like". This ending is often used to denote closely related or similar looking genera.

==Species== <gallery mode=packed heights=140px> Misumenops bellulus.JPG|''M. bellulus'' Area de Proteção Ambiental Quilombos do Médio Ribeira - Thomas-Fuhrmann (2023- 07) Misumenops callinurus.jpg|''M. callinurus'' in Brazil Misumenops maculissparsus - Douglas - 110716313.jpeg|''M. maculissparsus'' Misumenops rubrodecoratus 306205416 552179449.jpg|male ''M. rubrodecoratus'' </gallery>

{{as of|2025|10}}, this genus includes 54 species and one subspecies:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Misumenops anachoretus'' (Holmberg, 1876) – Argentina * ''Misumenops armatus'' Spassky, 1952 – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan * ''Misumenops bellulus'' (Banks, 1896) – United States, Cuba, Jamaica, Virgin Is. Dominica * ''Misumenops biannulipes'' (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil * ''Misumenops bivittatus'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Brazil, Uruguay * ''Misumenops callinurus'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil * ''Misumenops candidoi'' (Caporiacco, 1948) – Guyana * ''Misumenops carneus'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina * ''Misumenops conspersus'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Peru * ''Misumenops consuetus'' (Banks, 1898) – Mexico * ''Misumenops croceus'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Colombia to Paraguay * ''Misumenops cruentatus'' (Walckenaer, 1837) – United States * ''Misumenops curadoi'' Soares, 1943 – Brazil * ''Misumenops decolor'' (Kulczyński, 1901) – Ethiopia * ''Misumenops delmasi'' Berland, 1927 – Marquesas Islands * ''Misumenops fluminensis'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil * ''Misumenops forcatus'' Song & Chai, 1990 – China * ''Misumenops gibbosus'' (Blackwall, 1862) – Brazil * ''Misumenops gracilis'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Mexico * ''Misumenops guianensis'' (Taczanowski, 1872) – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana, Paraguay * ''Misumenops haemorrhous'' Mello-Leitão, 1949 – Brazil * ''Misumenops hunanensis'' Yin, Peng & Kim, 2000 – China * ''Misumenops ignobilis'' (Badcock, 1932) – Paraguay, Argentina * ''Misumenops khandalaensis'' Tikader, 1965 – India * ''Misumenops lacticeps'' (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Argentina * ''Misumenops lenis'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Brazil * ''Misumenops longispinosus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1949) – Brazil * ''Misumenops maculissparsus'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Bonaire, Brazil, Argentina (type species) * ''Misumenops melloleitaoi'' Berland, 1942 – French Polynesia (Society Is.: Tahiti, Moorea) * ''Misumenops mexicanus'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Mexico * ''Misumenops morrisi'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines * ''Misumenops ocellatus'' (Tullgren, 1905) – Bolivia, Argentina * ''Misumenops octoguttatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina * ''Misumenops pallens'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Guatemala to Argentina * ''Misumenops pallidus'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Colombia to Argentina ** ''M. p. reichlini'' Schenkel, 1949 – Argentina * ''Misumenops pascalis'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) – Panama * ''Misumenops punctatus'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Peru * ''Misumenops rapaensis'' Berland, 1934 – Austral Is. (Rapa) * ''Misumenops robustus'' Simon, 1929 – Venezuela, Peru, Brazil * ''Misumenops roseofuscus'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina * ''Misumenops rubrodecoratus'' Millot, 1942 – Sub-Saharan Africa * ''Misumenops schiapelliae'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina * ''Misumenops silvarum'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil * ''Misumenops spinifer'' (Piza, 1937) – Brazil * ''Misumenops spinitarsis'' Mello-Leitão, 1932 – Brazil * ''Misumenops spinulosissimus'' (Berland, 1936) – Cape Verde * ''Misumenops splendens'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Mexico * ''Misumenops temibilis'' (Holmberg, 1876) – Chile, Argentina * ''Misumenops temihana'' Garb, 2007 – French Polynesia (Society Is.) * ''Misumenops turanicus'' Charitonov, 1946 – Uzbekistan * ''Misumenops variegatus'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Peru * ''Misumenops varius'' (Keyserling, 1880) – Colombia * ''Misumenops zeugma'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil * ''Misumenops zhangmuensis'' (Hu & Li, 1987) – China {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3662 | title=Gen. ''Misumenops'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-06}}</ref> <ref name="dippenaar2020">{{cite book |last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman |first1=A.S. |last2=Haddad |first2=C.R. |last3=Foord |first3=S.H. |last4=Lotz |first4=L.N. |year=2020 |title=The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 1 A-Mo. Version 1 |publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide |page=50 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.7513274}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> <ref name=lehtinen>{{Cite journal| title=A redefinition of ''Misumenops'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 (Araneae, Thomisidae) and review of the New World species |last1 = Lehtinen| first1 = P. T. |last2 = Marusik| first2 = Y. M. |year = 2008 |journal = Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society |volume = 14 |pages = 173–198 |url = https://wsc.nmbe.ch/pdfdownload/b9a4f9bd2f7e2f8d05edd191ab20c11fNWQzcBU3riN4eow }}</ref> }}

==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}

Category:Thomisidae genera Category:Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge