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Ozyptila americana Banks, 1895
FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Ozyptila Simon, 1864
Species: Ozyptila americana Banks, 1895
Common Names
Family Common Name:
crab spiders
Genus Common Name:
leaflitter crab spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
ambushers
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Synonyms and Chresonyms† Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1895. The genus Oxyptila. Psyche 7: 241-244. †Nomenclature and taxonomic references
from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THOMISIDAE.html Other Nearctic Members of Genus Ozyptila Simon, 1864‡‡
O. arctica Kulczynski, 1908 ...............Holarctic ‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
‡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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Ozyptila americana Banks 1895
Ozyptila americana Bryant 1930
Ozyptila americana Gertsch 1939
Ozyptila barrowsi Gertsch 1939
Ozyptila americana Chickering 1940
Ozyptila americana Kaston 1948
Ozyptila barrowsi Gertsch 1953
Ozyptila americana Dondale & Redner 1975
Ozyptila americana Dondale & Redner 1978
Ozyptila americana Paquin & Dupérré 2003
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.
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. 1953. The spider genera Xysticus, Coriarachne and Oxyptila (Thomisidae, Misumeninae) in North America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 102: 415-482.
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.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
O. atomaria (Panzer, 1801) ...............Palearctic
O. beaufortensis Strand, 1916 ...............USA, Canada
O. brevipes (Hahn, 1826) ...............Palearctic
O. claveata (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............Palearctic
O. conspurcata Thorell, 1877 ...............USA, Canada
O. creola Gertsch, 1953 ...............USA
O. curvata Dondale & Redner, 1975 ...............USA, Canada
O. distans Dondale & Redner, 1975 ...............USA, Canada
O. formosa Bryant, 1930 ...............USA
O. georgiana Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA, Canada
O. gertschi Kurata, 1944 ...............Holarctic
O. hardyi Gertsch, 1953 ...............USA
O. inglesi Schick, 1965 ...............USA
O. monroensis Keyserling, 1884 ...............USA, Canada
O. pacifica Banks, 1895 ...............USA, Canada
O. praticola (C. L. Koch, 1837) ...............Holarctic
O. pullata (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
O. rauda Simon, 1875 ...............Palearctic
O. scabricula (Westring, 1851) ...............Palearctic
O. simplex (O. P.-Cambridge, 1862) ...............Palearctic
O. sincera Kulczynski, 1926 ...............Holarctic
O. sincera canadensis Dondale & Redner, 1975 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
O. sincera oraria Dondale & Redner, 1975 ...............USA
O. trux (Blackwall, 1846) ...............Palearctic (Canada, introduced)
O. yosemitica Schick, 1965 ...............USA