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#4346 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Stompe krabspin

Pistius truncatus

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Stompe krabspin, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Hubert Szymanski · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pistius truncatus is a species of crab spiders belonging to the family Thomisidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,844iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,844 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

Nederlands
Stompe krabspin
scientific name
Pistius truncatus
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Thomisidae
sightings in NL
2
sightings in Europe
1,624
sightings worldwide
1,844
GBIF records in NL
37
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Thomisidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 416405, Wikidata Q949752, GBIF 2166432, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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