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Document Type
Research
Abstract
The spiders of the family Thomisidae are commonly called crab spiders. They are so-called because of the characteristic crablike attitude in which they hold the legs and because they can walk as readily sidewise or backward as forward. The first two pairs of legs are usually considerably longer and stouter than the third and fourth pairs. The tarsi are two-clawed. The eyes are small and arranged in two rows, both of which are almost always recurved.
Publication Date
1919
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
26
Issue
1
First Page
151
Last Page
156
Copyright
©1919 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Ressler, I. L.
(1919)
"Thomisidae of the Ames Region,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 26(1), 151-156.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol26/iss1/19