Runcinia acuminata
Species of spider
title: "Runcinia acuminata" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["thomisidae", "spiders-of-australia", "spiders-of-asia", "spiders-described-in-1881"] description: "Species of spider" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runcinia_acuminata" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Species of spider ::
| image = Spider on ribwort plant.jpg | image_caption = Runcinia acuminata on Plantago plant | taxon = Runcinia acuminata | authority = (Thorell, 1881) | range_map = | synonyms = Misumena elongata
Pistius acuminatus
Runcinia elongata
Runcinia albostriata
Runcinia acuminata is a species of crab spiders.
Females reach a body length of about 10 mm, males less than 6 mm. They are often found in seeding heads of grasses, where the females build and camouflage their egg sacs. They mainly feed on moths that visit these grasses.http://thebegavalley.org.au/11210.0.html
Distribution
This species is known from Bangladesh to Japan, Borneo, New Guinea and Australia (New South Wales and Queensland).
Name
The species name is derived from Latin acuminatus "pointed".
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