Woodlouse spider

Tags: Arachnid.

The woodlouse spider Dysdera crocata is a species of spider that preys exclusively upon woodlice. Other common names refer to variations on the common name of its prey. These are woodlouse hunter sowbug hunter sowbug killer pillbug hunter and slater spider.

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binomial authority

Carl Ludwig Koch

class

Arachnid

family

Dysderidae

genus

Dysdera

kingdom

Animal

order

Araneomorphae, Spider

phylum

Arthropod

synonym

*D. australiensis, *D. balearica, *D. coerulescens, *D. cretica, *D. crocota, *D. gracilis, *D. inaequuscapillata, *D. interrita, *D. maurusia, *D. menozzii, *D. palmensis, *D. rubicunda, *D. sternalis, *D. wollastoni