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Ozyptila conspurcata Thorell, 1877

	FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833     Genus: Ozyptila Simon, 1864         Species: Ozyptila conspurcata Thorell, 1877
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Family Common Name:  crab spiders
Genus Common Name:  leaflitter crab spiders
Species Common Name:  none

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB CO

Seasonality Specimen Search Specimen list 5, 9

Feeding Guild:^† ambushers
^†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): Talus slopes on high mountains, among forest litter and bird's nests.
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Rock slide;

Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image(s) of Habitus:

Description: Dark in colour. Carapace, dark-red brown, faintly motted with yellow and a yellow V-shaped mark at dorsal groove, and coved with clavate seta. Legs, pale red-brown; femora nearly black. Abdomen, dorsum pale red-brown to black. Palpal tibia with erect fingerlike retrolateral apophysis, (Dondale & Redner, 1978).

Male Dimensions: A = (not recorded) A+B = 2.8 mm  C = 1.39 mm

Image of External Male Genitalia: Credit: Hancock, John

Description: Carapace, red brown, faintly motted with yellow and a yellow V-shaped mark at dorsal groove, and coved with clavate seta. Legs, pale red-brown. Abdomen, dorsum pale red-brown (Dondale & Redner, 1978).

Female Dimensions: A = (not recorded) A+B = 3.5 mm  C = 1.47 mm

Image of Epigynum: Credit: Hancock, John

Descriptions Source:
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 5. The crab spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.

Ozyptila conspurcata Thorell 1877 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104750

Ozyptila conspurcata Banks 1892 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104751

Ozyptila conspurcata Comstock 1912 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104752

Ozyptila conspurcata Bryant 1930 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104753

Ozyptila monroensis Bryant 1930 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104754

Ozyptila conspurcata Gertsch 1939 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104755

Ozyptila conspurcata Kurata 1944 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9736356

Ozyptila bryantae Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104760

Ozyptila conspurcata Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104759

Ozyptila nevadensis Schick 1965 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104761

Ozyptila conspurcata Dondale & Redner 1975 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104762

Ozyptila conspurcata Dondale & Redner 1978 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2104763

Ozyptila conspurcata Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2011221

Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.

Bryant, E. B. 1930. A revision of the American species of the genus Ozyptila. Psyche 37: 373-391.

Chickering, A. M. 1940. The Thomisidae (crab spiders) of Michigan. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. Arts Lett. 25: 189-237.

Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721

Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 5. The crab spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.

Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1975. The genus Ozyptila in North America (Araneida, Thomisidae). J. Arachnol. 2: 129-181.

Emerton, J. H. 1894. Canadian spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 9: 400-429.

Gertsch, W. J. 1939. A revision of the typical crab spiders (Misumeninae) of America north of Mexico. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 76: 277-442.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Kurata, T. B. 1944. Two new species of Ontario spiders. Occ. Pap. r. Ontario Mus. Zool. 8: 1-6.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Schick, R. X. 1965. The crab spiders of California (Araneae, Thomisidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 129: 1-180.

Thorell, T. 1877. Descriptions of the Araneae collected in Colorado in 1875, by A. S. Packard jun., M.D. Bull. U. S. geol. Surv. 3: 477-529.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

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