Xysticus elegans

Xysticus elegans, the elegant crab spider, is a species of spiders found in the USA, Canada and Alaska.

Xysticus elegans
Xysticus limbatus.—89, female. 90, male. Both enlarged four times.


Illustration in The Common Spiders of the United States. (Ginn & Company. Boston. 1902)
by James Henry Emerton (1847 – 1931)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Family:
Thomisidae
Genus:
Xysticus
Species:
X. elegans
Binomial name
Xysticus elegans
Keyserling, 1880
Synonyms
  • Xysticus borealis (Keyserling, 1884)
  • Xysticus limbatus (Emerton, 1892)

References


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