Two-spotted Crab Spider Xysticus bimaculatus L. Koch, 1867
Fauna Portal species: 9448
Xysticus bimaculatus male, dorsal (AM KS.120583; Enoggera Reservoir, Queensland)
Image: Ruhl et al. (2014; fig. 5B)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8648Diagnosis
Females differ from X. periscelis, the only other species of the genus currently on the Fauna Portal, by the lack of a epigynal hood. There is no other male of Xysticus currently on the Fauna Portal.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2014): Re-description of Xysticus bimaculatus L. Koch, 1867 (Araneae, Thomisidae) and characterization of its subsocial lifestyle. ZooKeys. 427: 1 - 19DOI