Ozyptila
| Ozyptila | |
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| Ozyptila praticola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Ozyptila Simon, 1864[1] |
| Type species | |
| O. claveata (Walckenaer, 1837)
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Ozyptila is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864.[2] It has been misspelled as "Oxyptila" in multiple accounts.[3][4]
Distribution
[edit]Members of this genus are found in Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia.[1]
Description
[edit]Ozyptila spiders have a pear-shaped carapace that is rather high and slightly convex. The carapace is anteriorly obtuse with a vertical clypeus.[5]
The eyes are arranged in two rows with the posterior eye row more recurved than the anterior eye row. The anterior lateral eyes are larger than the rest. The lateral eyes sit on low distinctly placed tubercles. The anterior median eyes are wider spaced than the anterior lateral eyes. The median ocular quadrangle is longer than wide and parallel or wider anteriorly.[5]
The abdomen is round with thick coriaceous integument bearing spiniform, clavate or spatuliform setae. Legs I and II are short and thick with strong spines. These spiders resemble Xysticus but are smaller in size.[5]
Life style
[edit]Members of Ozyptila are free-living ground dwellers.[5]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 103 species and two subspecies.[1]
These species have articles on Wikipedia:
- Ozyptila atomaria (Panzer, 1801) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
- Ozyptila bejarana Urones, 1998 – Spain, France
- Ozyptila caenosa Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, Yemen
- Ozyptila confluens (C. L. Koch, 1845) – Southern Europe, Syria
- Ozyptila danubiana Weiss, 1998 – Romania, Greece
- Ozyptila distans Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Canada, United States
- Ozyptila elegans (Blackwall, 1870) – Italy
- Ozyptila flava Simon, 1875 – Spain
- Ozyptila furcula L. Koch, 1882 – Spain (mainland, Balearic Is.), France
- Ozyptila gertschi Kurata, 1944 – North America, Europe, Russia (Far East)
- Ozyptila ladina Thaler & Zingerle, 1998 – Italy
- Ozyptila monroensis Keyserling, 1884 – Canada, United States
- Ozyptila pacifica Banks, 1895 – Alaska, Canada, United States
- Ozyptila perplexa Simon, 1875 – Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria
- Ozyptila praticola (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia. Introduced to Canada, United States, Argentina
- Ozyptila salustri Wunderlich, 2011 – Italy
- Ozyptila secreta Thaler, 1987 – Switzerland, Italy
- Ozyptila sincera Kulczyński, 1926 – Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Korea, Japan
- Ozyptila trux (Blackwall, 1846) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan. Introduced to Canada
- Ozyptila umbraculorum Simon, 1932 – Portugal, Spain, France
- Ozyptila westringi (Thorell, 1873) – Sweden, Netherlands, Germany
Complete list of species as of October 2025[update]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Ozyptila Simon, 1864". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ Simon, E (1864). Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.47654.
- ^ Palmgren, P. (1950). "Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. III. Xysticidae und Philodromidae". Acta Zoologica Fennica. 62: 24–25.
- ^ Schenkel, E. (1963). "Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 25: 197–203.
- ^ a b c d Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 2 My-R. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 23. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513276.
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