Misumenops nepenthicola
Misumenops nepenthicola is a species of crab spiders. It lives inside the pitchers of a number of lowland Nepenthes pitcher plants in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. As such, it is classified as a nepenthephile. They are slow-moving spiders which do not actively hunt. Males and females both reach a length of 6 mm.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Misumenops |
| Species: | M. nepenthicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Misumenops nepenthicola | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Misumena nepenthicola | |
References
- Pocock, R.I. 1898. Spiders and pitcher plants. Nature 58: 274–275.
- Clarke, C. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, p. 39.
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