Bassaniana
(Bark Crab Spiders)

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Family: Thomisidae
• Genus: Bassaniana

Common Name (AAS)

Bark Crab Spiders

Other Common Names

Crab Spiders

Author

Strand, 1928

Sightings Overview

There have been 28 confirmed sightings of Bassaniana (Bark Crab Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 30, 2026 by Spider ID member bayoubug26. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 28 sightings because of certain Bassaniana sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 4% of the time, Bassaniana spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 28)
• Sex: 0 female and 6 male.
• Environment: Bassaniana has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 17 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). Low foliage (1). High foliage (3). Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (1).

Location and Range

Bassaniana (Bark Crab Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Bassaniana has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin.

Seasonality

Bassaniana has been primarily sighted during the month of April.

• January: 1
• February: 1
• March: 3
• April: 10
• May: 5
• June: 6
• July:
• August:
• September:
• October:
• November: 2
• December: