Xysticus
(Ground Crab Spiders)

Xysticus, commonly known as Ground Crab Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. Xysticus spiders have been sighted 119 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Xysticus includes 7 countries and 33 states in the United States. Xysticus is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Common Name (AAS)

Ground Crab Spiders

Author

Sundevall,1833

Sightings Overview

There have been 119 confirmed sightings of Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 17, 2019 by Spider ID member manfredvk. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 119 sightings because of certain Xysticus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 7% of the time, Xysticus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 119)
Sex: 4 female and 21 male.
Environment: Xysticus has been sighted 56 times outdoors, and 75 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (20). On flower (3). Low foliage (8). High foliage (2). Ground layer (14). Under rock or debris (2). Freshwater river, lake, stream (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (3).

Location and Range

Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

Xysticus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.