Spiracme
Spiracme is a genus of crab spiders erected by Anton Menge in 1876 to contain S. striata, transferred from Xysticus.
Taxonomy
The exact relationship of these spiders and their closest relatives has been long debated, and many included species have been transferred to and from similar genera, namely Xysticus and Ozyptila. In 2019, Rainer Breitling conducted a DNA barcoding study and grouped similar genera based on the results:
Species
, this genus includes ten species:Spiracme baltistana – Kazakhstan, Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia, ChinaSpiracme dura – Canada, United States, GreenlandSpiracme keyserlingi – Canada, United StatesSpiracme lehtineni – Russia Spiracme lendli – Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, AzerbaijanSpiracme nigromaculata – Canada, United StatesSpiracme quadrata – ChinaSpiracme striatipes – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia,, Iran, ChinaSpiracme triangulosa – Alaska, Canada, United StatesSpiracme vachoni – Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Japan