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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Xysticus  C. L. Koch, 1835   82 species

Xysticus britcheri Gertsch, 1934

Description
Body length male: 4.5 mm
Female

Prosoma light brown to grey, with brown lateral bands and a light median stripe. Legs light brown, femoram patellae and tarsi with median and lateral white narrow longitudinal stripes. Opisthosoma light brown, with white lateral bands and a lighter median stripe, caudally with 3 white bands.

Body length female: 5.0 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Russia (Europe to Far East), Alaska, Canada, USA
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Distribution List
Belarus   (Dondale et al., 2006) ||| Russia, Eastern  Removed (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) |||
References

Dondale C D, Kronestedt T, Buckle D J (2006) Confirmation of the presence of Xysticus chippewa in Europe (Araneae, Thomisidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 361-364 pdf

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. pdf

Gertsch W J (1934) Notes on American crab spiders (Thomisidae). American Museum Novitates 707: 1-25 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

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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