Tibellus oblongus

Tibellus oblongus, also called the oblong running spider or slender crab spider, is a spider with a Holarctic distribution. It does not spin webs, but instead actively hunts small insects, which it kills with venom.^[1] T. oblongus lives in grassy habitats and can be preyed upon by larger spiders, such as wolf spiders like Hogna baltimoriana.^[2]

Tibellus oblongus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Philodromidae
Genus:	Tibellus
Species:	T. oblongus
Binomial name
Tibellus oblongus (Walckenaer, 1802)
Subspecies
Tibellus oblongus maculatus Caporiacco, 1950 — Italy
Synonyms
Aranea oblonga Walckenaer, 1802 Tibellus punctatus Hull, 1955 Tibellus longicephalus Utochkin, 1981 Tibellus lineatus Utochkin, 1981

See also

• List of Philodromidae species