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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Xysticus  C. L. Koch, 1835   83 species

Xysticus canadensis  Gertsch, 1934

Description
Male

Prosoma reddish-brown mottled with yellow; pale median area enclosing a pale V and some diffuse dark areas. Opisthosoma dorsally with paired brownish areas separated by off-white median area and transverse lines. Legs reddish-brown mottled with yellowish. Palp: distal tegular apophysis widest at base, tapering throughout, erect.

Prosoma length: 2.2 mm, prosoma width: 2.0 mm.

Body length male: 3.9 mm
Female

Colour as in male but paler. Epigyne: atrial sclerites furthest apart anteriorly, distinctly separated, septum without nearly parallel margins.

Prosoma length: 2.2-2.5 mm, prosoma width: 2.1-2.4 mm.

Body length female: 4.4 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Russia (Europe to Far East), USA, Canada
Phenology
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"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Russia, Northern   (no references) |||
References

Marusik Y M, Koponen S, Makarova O L (2016a) A survey of spiders (Araneae) collected on the arctic island of Dolgiy (69°12′N), Barents Sea. Arachnology 17: 10-24 pdf

Marusik Y M, Logunov D V (1996) Poorly known spider species of the families Salticidae and Thomisidae (Aranei) of the Soviet Far East. In Entomological Studies in the North-East of the USSR. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Vladivostok, pp. 131-140. pdf

Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
25-09-2014 Image insert