Runcinia acuminata

Females reach a body length of about 10 mm, males less than 6 mm. They are often found in seeding heads of grasses, where the females build and camouflage their egg sacs. They mainly feed on moths that visit these grasses.

Runcinia acuminata
Runcinia acuminata on Plantago plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Runcinia
Species:
R. acuminata
Binomial name
Runcinia acuminata
(Thorell, 1881)
Synonyms

Misumena elongata
Pistius acuminatus
Runcinia elongata
Runcinia albostriata

Runcinia acuminata is a species of crab spiders.

Distribution

This species is known from Bangladesh to Japan, Borneo, New Guinea and Australia (New South Wales and Queensland).

Name

The species name is derived from Latin acuminatus "pointed".

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