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title: "Masked Crab Spider"
description: "Thomisus labefactus — Insetos e aranhas. Thomisus labefactus is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/masked-crab-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Masked Crab Spider

> Thomisus labefactus — Insetos e aranhas. Thomisus labefactus is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae.

- Scientific name: *Thomisus labefactus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2509
- Wikidata: [Q2614508](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2614508)
- iNaturalist taxon: [332452](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/332452)

## Names

- en: Masked Crab Spider

## Countries with the most observations

HK (456), TW (289), JP (167), CN (77), KR (42), MO (13)

## Summary

Thomisus labefactus is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae. It was first described by German arachnologist Ferdinand Karsch in 1881.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomisus_labefactus

## Photo

![Masked Crab Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/masked-crab-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kōsuke Onoda · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309713803

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/masked-crab-spider?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).