The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/30878

Ozyptila monroensis Keyserling, 1884

FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Ozyptila Simon, 1864

        Species: Ozyptila monroensis Keyserling, 1884

Common Names

Family Common Name:  crab spiders
Genus Common Name:  leaflitter crab spiders
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   OK
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

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

Seasonality of Specimen Records:


Image(s) of Habitus:  (images not yet available)

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Ozyptila monroensis Keyserling 1884
Ozyptila neglecta Bryant 1930
Ozyptila monroensis Gertsch 1939
Ozyptila monroensis Dondale & Redner 1975
Ozyptila monroensis Dondale & Redner 1978

Taxonomic References

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

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.

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.

Keyserling, E. 1884. Neue Spinnen aus America. V. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33: 649-684.

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. americana Banks, 1895 ...............USA, Canada
O. arctica Kulczynski, 1908 ...............Holarctic
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. 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

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution