Long Green Crab Spider
This common species is easily recognised by its prominent eye tubercles and green colouration. (The Latin species name "virens" means "green".) It differs from another green thomisid, Loxobates. by a flatter cephalothorax, and a more elongated and flattish abdomen. The males tend to have more small red spots and flecks than do the females. In both sexes the tarsi and metatarsi of legs I and II bear ventral, dorsal and retrolateral spines. The ventral spines are by far the longest.
| Length | ♀ 8 mm; ♂ 7 mm |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Sarawak), Brunei, Vietnam. |
| Habitat | Grasses in open fields, foliage of wayside vegetation, and of tress along forest edges. |
| Biology | With legs I & II stretched forward, they rest underneath leaves during the day. They become more active at night, moving to the upper surface of leaves, and maintain an ambush pose with their forelegs lifted. Their prey includes moths. Fast-moving when disturbed. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Orus virens (Original description ♀)
Thorell, 1891 Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien: 91
Dieta virens (Original description ♂)
Simon, 1895a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier: 982, f. 1053 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Dieta virens (♀)
Workman, 1896 Malaysian spiders: 91, pl. 91 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972
Oxytate virens (♂)
Lehtinen, 2004 Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions: 155, f. 39
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Sarawak), Brunei, Vietnam.