Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Thomisidae (Crab spiders)

Xysticus cristatus (Clerck, 1757)

Gewöhnliche Krabbenspinne Common Crab Spider

Synonyms and other combinations:

Araneus cristatus Clerck, 1757 | Xysticus augur Strand, 1900 | Xysticus sexangulatus Strand, 1900 |

  • Xysticus cristatus, female with prey 3578
    Xysticus cristatus (Clerck, 1757)  Gewöhnliche Krabbenspinne  Common Crab Spider 
    Xysticus cristatus, female with prey, conf. Arno Grabolle
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-05-23 13:43:01
    Image number: 3578
    female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-05-23 13:43:01
    conf. Arno Grabolle

Distribution:
Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle and South Siberia), Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
  3. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
  4. Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith: Britain's Spiders A Field Guide, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition, 496 Seiten, 2020, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-20474-1.
  5. Wolfgang Nentwig, Theo Blick, Robert Bosmans, Daniel Gloor, Ambros Hänggi & Christian Kropf: araneae Spinnen Europas