Misumenops Decolor

''Misumenops'' is a common genus of crab spider with more than 50 described species.

The majority of the species Mesumenops, more than 80, have been transferred to 13 genera: ''Ansiea'', ''Demogenes'', ''Diaea'', ''Ebelingia'', ''Ebrechtella'', '' Henriksenia'', '' Heriaeus'', ''Mecaphesa'', '' Micromisumenops '', ''Misumena'', ''Misumenoides'', ''Misumessus'', and '' Runcinioides''.

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 Easter 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. nepenthicola'' in Singapore and Borneo.
* '' M. rubrodecoratus'' occurs in Africa, '' M. decolor'' only in Ethiopia.

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

These 56 species belong to the genus ''Misumenops'', as of 2022:

* ''Misumenops anachoretus'' (Holmberg, 1876) ^{i c g} – Argentina
* ''Misumenops armatus'' Spassky, 1952 ^{i c g} – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
* ''Misumenops bellulus'' (Banks, 1896) ^{i c g b} – USA, Jamaica, Cuba, Virgin Is.
* ''Misumenops biannulipes'' (Mello-Leitão, 1929) ^{i c g} – Brazil
* ''Misumenops bivittatus'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c g} – Brazil, Uruguay
* ''Misumenops callinurus'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 ^{i c g} – Brazil
* ''Misumenops candidoi'' (Caporiacco, 1948) ^{i c g} – Guyana
* ''Misumenops carneus'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 ^{i c g} – Argentina
* ''Misumenops conspersus'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c g} – Peru
* '' Misumenops consuetus'' (Banks, 1898) ^{i c g} – Mexico
* '' Misumenops croceus'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c g} – Colombia to Paraguay
* '' Misumenops cruentatus'' (Walckenaer, 1837) ^{i c g} – USA
* ''Misumenops curadoi'' Soares, 1943 ^{i c g} – Brazil
* '' Misumenops decolor'' (Kulczynski, 1901) ^{i c g} – Ethiopia
* '' Misumenops delmasi'' Berland, 1927 ^g – Marquesas Is.
* ''Misumenops fluminensis'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 ^{i c g} – Brazil
* ''Misumenops forcatus'' Song & Chai, 1990 ^{i c g} – China
* '' Misumenops gibbosus'' (Blackwall, 1862) ^{i c g} – Brazil
* '' Misumenops gracilis'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c} – Mexico
* '' Misumenops guianensis'' (Taczanowski, 1872) ^{i c} – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana, Paraguay
* ''Misumenops haemorrhous'' Mello-Leitão, 1949 ^{i c g} – Brazil
* ''Misumenops hunanensis'' Yin, Peng & Kim, 2000 ^{c g} – China
* '' Misumenops ignobilis'' (Badcock, 1932) ^{i c g} – Paraguay, Argentina
* ''Misumenops khandalaensis'' Tikader, 1965 ^{i c g} – India
* ''Misumenops lacticeps'' (Mello-Leitão, 1944) ^{i c g} – Argentina
* ''Misumenops lenis'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c g} – Brazil
* '' Misumenops longispinosus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1949) ^{i c g} – Brazil
* ''Misumenops maculissparsus'' (Keyserling, 1891) ^{i c g} – Brazil, Argentina
* ''Misumenops melloleitaoi'' Berland, 1942 ^{i c g} – French Polynesia (Society Is.: Tahiti, Moorea)
* ''Misumenops mexicanus'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c g} – Mexico
* '' Misumenops morrisi'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 ^{i c g} – Philippines
* ''Misumenops nepenthicola'' (Pocock, 1898) ^{i c g} – Singapore, Indonesia (Borneo)
* ''Misumenops ocellatus'' (Tullgren, 1905) ^{i c g} – Bolivia, Argentina
* ''Misumenops octoguttatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 ^{i c g} – Argentina
* '' Misumenops pallens'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c g} – Guatemala to Argentina
* ''Misumenops pallidus'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c g} – Colombia to Argentina
** ''Misumenops pallidus reichlini'' (Schenkel, 1949) ^{i c g} – Argentina
* ''Misumenops pascalis'' (O. P.-Cambridge, 1891) ^{i c g} – Panama
* ''Misumenops punctatus'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c} – Peru
* ''Misumenops rapaensis'' Berland, 1934 ^{i c g} – Austral Is. (Rapa)
* ''Misumenops robustus'' Simon, 1929 ^{i c g} – Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
* ''Misumenops roseofuscus'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 ^{i c g} – Argentina
* ''Misumenops rubrodecoratus'' Millot, 1942 ^{i c g} – Africa
* '' Misumenops schiapelliae'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 ^{i c g} – Argentina
* ''Misumenops silvarum'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 ^{i c g} – Brazil
* '' Misumenops spinifer'' (Piza, 1937) ^{i c g} – Brazil
* ''Misumenops spinitarsis'' Mello-Leitão, 1932 ^{i c g} – Brazil
* ''Misumenops spinulosissimus'' (Berland, 1936) ^{i c g} – Cape Verde Is.
* ''Misumenops splendens'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c g} – Mexico
* '' Misumenops temibilis'' (Holmberg, 1876) ^{i c g} – Chile, Argentina
* ''Misumenops temihana'' Garb, 2007 ^{i c g} – French Polynesia (Society Is.)
* ''Misumenops turanicus'' Charitonov, 1946 ^{i c g} – Uzbekistan
* ''Misumenops variegatus'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c g} – Peru
* '' Misumenops varius'' (Keyserling, 1880) ^{i c} – Colombia
* ''Misumenops zeugma'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 ^{i c g} – Brazil
* ''Misumenops zhangmuensis'' (Hu & Li, 1987) ^{i c g} – China

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

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Thomisidae
Spiders of South America
Spiders of North America
Araneomorphae genera