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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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|fossil_range={{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}}
|image=Misumena vatia female Luc Viatour 1.jpg 
|image_caption=''[[Misumena vatia]]'' female
|taxon=Misumena
|authority=[[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1804
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'''''Misumena''''' is a genus of [[crab spider]]s sometimes referred to as '''flower crab spiders'''.<ref name=bg/> They are similar in appearance to several other genera in the family [[Thomisidae]], such as ''[[Misumenoides]]'' and ''[[Mecaphesa]]''.<ref name=bg/>

''[[Misumena vatia]]'', the [[goldenrod crab spider]], is a North American species commonly seen hunting in [[Solidago|goldenrod]] (''Solidago'') sprays in autumn.  It can change its color between white and yellow to match the flower it is sitting on. The color change takes a few days.

==Species==
[[Image:Veränderliche Krabbenspinne.jpg|thumb|''[[Misumena vatia]]'' with fly]]
[[File:Misumena with wasp on Hyacynthus in Oudergem, Belgium.jpg|thumb|''Misumena'' with hoverfly on ''Hyacinthus'']]
{{As of|2022}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] listed the following 40 species:
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* ''[[Misumena adelae]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1944</small> – [[Argentina]]
* ''[[Misumena alpha]]'' <small>[[Chrysanthus (arachnologist)|Chrysanthus]], 1964</small> – [[New Guinea]]
* ''[[Misumena amabilis]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1880</small> – [[Peru]]
* ''[[Misumena annapurna]]'' <small>[[B. K. Tikader|Tikader]], 1963</small> – India
* ''[[Misumena arrogans]]'' <small>Thorell, 1881</small> – [[Yule Island]]
* ''[[Misumena atrocincta]]'' <small>Costa, 1875</small> – [[Egypt]]
* ''[[Misumena beta]]'' <small>Chrysanthus, 1964</small> – [[New Guinea]]
* ''[[Misumena bicolor]]'' <small>Simon, 1875</small> – [[Corsica]]
* ''[[Misumena bipunctata]]'' <small>Rainbow, 1898</small> – Australia
* ''[[Misumena citreoides]]'' <small>(Taczanowski, 1872)</small> – [[Guyana]], [[French Guiana]]
* ''[[Misumena conferta]]'' <small>Banks, 1898</small> – Mexico
* ''[[Misumena fasciata]]'' <small>Kulczynski, 1911</small> – New Guinea
* ''[[Misumena fidelis]]'' <small>Banks, 1898</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[[Misumena frenata]]'' <small>Simon, 1909</small> – [[Vietnam]]
* ''[[Misumena ganpatii]]'' <small>Kumari & Mittal, 1994</small> – India
* ''[[Misumena greenae]]'' <small>Tikader, 1965</small> – India
* ''[[Misumena grubei]]'' <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> – [[Mongolia]], China
* ''[[Misumena indra]]'' <small>Tikader, 1963</small> – India
* ''[[Misumena innotata]]'' <small>Thorell, 1881</small> – New Guinea
* ''[[Misumena lorentzi]]'' <small>Kulczynski, 1911</small> – New Guinea
* ''[[Misumena luteovariata]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1929</small> – [[Brazil]]
* ''[[Misumena maputiyana]]'' <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – [[Philippines]]
* ''[[Misumena maronica]]'' <small>Caporiacco, 1954</small> – French Guiana
* ''[[Misumena mickeyi]]'' <small>(Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012)</small> – India
* ''[[Misumena mridulai]]'' <small>Tikader, 1962</small> – India
* ''[[Misumena nana]]'' <small>Lessert, 1933</small> – Angola
* ''[[Misumena nigripes]]'' <small>(Taczanowski, 1872)</small> – Peru, French Guiana
* ''[[Misumena nigromaculata]]'' <small>Denis, 1963</small> – [[Madeira]]
* ''[[Misumena oblonga]]'' <small>O. P.-Cambridge, 1885</small> – [[Yarkant County|Yarkand]]
* ''[[Misumena pallescens]]'' <small>Caporiacco, 1949</small> – [[Kenya]]
* ''[[Misumena peninsulana]]'' <small>Banks, 1898</small> – Mexico
* ''[[Misumena platimanu]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1929</small> – Brazil
* ''[[Misumena ritujae]]'' <small>(Gajbe, 2008)</small> – India
* ''[[Misumena rubripes]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1880</small> – Peru
* ''[[Misumena spinifera]]'' <small>(Blackwall, 1862)</small> – Madeira, [[Canary Islands]]
* ''[[Misumena spinigaster]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1929</small> – Brazil
* ''[[Misumena tapyasuka]]'' <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – [[Java]]
* ''[[Misumena terrosa]]'' <small>Soares, 1944</small> – Brazil
* ''[[Misumena vatia]]'' <small>(Clerck, 1757)</small> – [[Holarctic]]
* ''[[Misumena viridans]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1917</small> – Brazil

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==References==
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<ref name=bg>{{cite web |title=Genus ''Misumena'' - Flower Crab Spiders - BugGuide.Net |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/6749 |website=bugguide.net |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref>
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* {{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 8.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''.

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[[Category:Thomisidae genera]]
[[Category:Cosmopolitan spiders]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille]]


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