Misumenops


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:
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 58 species belong to the genus Misumenops, as of 2018:
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net