Family: PHILODROMIDAE Thorell, 1870
running crab spiders
Similar Families
SELENOPIDAE SPARASSIDAE THOMISIDAE
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Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness
Number of Nearctic Species: 100 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)
Slice of PHILODROMIDAE relative taxonomic/species richness drawn exploded from all other Families each with greater than 50 member species in the Nearctic. (Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if chart not visible)
[Legend: Family (#species), Percentages: Relative to total number of Nearctic species]
Nearctic/Palearctic Genera
| # | Genus | Ref. | Common Name |
| 1 | Apollophanes O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 |  |
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| 2 | Ebo Keyserling, 1884 | |
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| 3 | Pagiopalus Simon, 1900 | |
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| 4 | Pedinopistha Karsch, 1880 | |
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| 5 | Philodromus Walckenaer, 1826 | |
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| 6 | Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837 | |
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| 7 | Tibellus Simon, 1875 | |
slender crab spiders |
Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images
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