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Misumenops
Misumenops is a common genus of crab spider with more than 50 described species. The majority of the species of Misumenops, 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:
Name
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
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
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