Philodromus

Taxobox
name = "Philodromus"

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image_caption = male "P. aureolus"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Philodromidae
genus = "Philodromus"
genus_authority = Walckenaer, 1826
diversity_link = List of Philodromidae species#Philodromus
diversity = 240 species
range_

range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="P. aureolus"
"P. cespitum"
"P. dispar"
"P. fallax"
"P. histrio"
"P. margaritatus"
"P. rufus"
"P. vagulus"
" many others"

"Philodromus" is a genus of philodromid crab spiders.

Spiders in this genus are distinctively flattened.

The more than 200 described species are distributed throughout the Holarctic region, with few species reaching into more southern regions. Some are found in certain parts of Africa, with sporadic species occurring up to Australia. Only one species ("P. traviatus") is found in (northern) South America. 16 species occur in Central Europe.

References

* Dondale, C.D. (1963). Florida Spiders in the "rufus" Group in the Genus "Philodromus" (Araneae: Thomisidae). "Psyche" 70:34-43 [http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/70/70-034.pdf PDF]
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".

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