Platythomisus quadrimaculatus
(Eight-spotted Crab Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Platythomisus quadrimaculatus, commonly known as Eight-spotted Crab Spider, belongs to the genus Platythomisus, in the family Thomisidae. Platythomisus quadrimaculatus spiders have been sighted 1 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Platythomisus quadrimaculatus includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Platythomisus quadrimaculatus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of February.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Platythomisus
Species: Platythomisus quadrimaculatus

Other Common Names

Eight-spotted Crab Spider

Author

Hasselt, 1882

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Platythomisus quadrimaculatus (Eight-spotted Crab Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 12, 2019 by Spider ID member cander. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Platythomisus quadrimaculatus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Platythomisus quadrimaculatus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Platythomisus quadrimaculatus has been sighted 1 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Forest (1).