Flower Crab Spider

Mecaphesa est un genre d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Thomisidae. Distribution Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Amérique du Nord, en Amérique centrale, aux Antilles, à Hawaï, aux îles Galápagos et dans l'archipel Juan Fernández. Liste des espèces Selon World Spider Catalog () : Mecaphesa aikoae (Schick, 1965) Mecaphesa anguliventris (Simon, 1900) Mecaphesa arida (Suman, 1971) Mecaphesa asperata (Hentz, 1847) Mecaphesa baltea (Suman, 1971) Mecaphesa bubulcus (Suman, 1971) Mecaphesa californica (Banks, 1896) Mecaphesa carletonica (Dondale & Redner, 1976)…

Mecaphesa asperata, the northern crab spider, is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae, found in North and Central America, and the Caribbean. It is a species of the 'flower spiders', so-called because they generally hunt in similarly coloured flowers for visitors such as bees and flies, and is a much smaller nearctic relative of the better-known Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia). Mecaphesa asperata was formerly in the genus Misumenops under the name Misumenops asperatus.

Mecaphesa asperata es una especie de araña cangrejo del género Mecaphesa, familia Thomisidae,​ orden Araneae. ​ El macho mide 3. 3 mm, la hembra, 5.