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)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
Credit: Grabolle, Arno
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
Credit: Grabolle, Arno
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
Credit: Grabolle, Arno
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Ozyptila trux Blackwall 1846 |
| Thomisus trux Blackwall 1846 |
| Thomisus trux Blackwall 1861 |
| Xysticus praticola Ohlert 1867 |
| Ozyptila trux Simon 1875 |
| Ozyptila trux Becker 1882 |
| Ozyptila trux Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Ozyptila trux Bösenberg 1902 |
| Ozyptila trux Simon 1932 |
| Ozyptila trux Tullgren 1944 |
| Ozyptila trux Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Ozyptila belma Gertsch 1953 |
| Ozyptila trux Utochkin 1960 |
| Ozyptila trux Vilbaste 1969 |
| Ozyptila trux Miller 1971 |
| Ozyptila trux Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Ozyptila trux Braendegaard 1972 |
| Ozyptila trux Wunderlich 1973 |
| Ozyptila trux Dondale & Redner 1975 |
| Ozyptila trux Roberts 1985 |
| Ozyptila trux Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Ozyptila trux Ono & Yasuda 1992 |
| Ozyptila trux Roberts 1995 |
| Ozyptila trux Wunderlich & Schultz 1995 |
| Ozyptila trux Bellmann 1997 |
| Ozyptila trux Mcheidze 1997 |
| Ozyptila trux Roberts 1998 |
| Ozyptila trux Jantscher 2002 |
| Ozyptila trux Almquist 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.
Becker, L. 1882. Les Arachnides de Belgique. I. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. natur. Belg. 10: 1-246.
Bellmann, H. 1997. Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Frankh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart, 304 pp.
Blackwall, J. 1861. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1: 1-174.
Blackwall, J. 1846. Descriptions of some newly discovered species of Araneida. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 18: 297-303.
Bösenberg, W. 1902. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14: 97-384.
Braendegaard, J. 1972. Edderkopper: Eller Spindlere II. Danmarks Fauna 80: 1-231.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1975. The genus Ozyptila in North America (Araneida, Thomisidae). J. Arachnol. 2: 129-181.
Gertsch, W. J. 1953. The spider genera Xysticus, Coriarachne and Oxyptila (Thomisidae, Misumeninae) in North America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 102: 415-482.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Jantscher, E. 2002. The significance of male pedipalpal characters for the higher systematics of the crab spider genus Xysticus C.L. Koch, 1835 (Araneae: Thomisidae). In Toft, S. & N. Scharff (eds.), European Arachnology 2000: Proceedings of the 19th European Colloqu
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1951. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 1: 1-310.
Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Ohlert, E. 1867. Die Araneiden oder echten Spinnen der Provinz Preussen. Leipzig, pp. 1-172.
Ono, H. & N. Yasuda. 1992. Records of thomisid spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Hokkaido, Japan. Bull. Sounkyo Mus. nat. Hist. 12: 1-13.
Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Simon, E. 1932. Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 4e partie. Paris, 6: 773-978.
Simon, E. 1875. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 2: 1-350.
Tullgren, A. 1944. Svensk Spindelfauna. 3. Araneae (Salticidae, Thomisidae, Philodromidae och Eusparassidae). Stockholm, pp. 1-108.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
Utochkin, A. S. 1960. Materialy k faune paukov roda Oxyptila Sim. v SSSR. Uchenye zap. Permsk. gos. Univ. 13: 47-61.
Vilbaste, A. 1969. Eesti Žmblikud I. Krabiämbliklased (Xysticidae), Jooksikämbliklased (Philodromidae) ja Hüpikämbliklased (Salticidae). Zooloogia ja Botaanika Instituut, Tallinn, pp. 1-224.
Wunderlich, J. 1973. Zur Spinnenfauna Deutschlands, XV. Weitere seltene und bisher unbekannte Arten sowie Anmerkungen zur Taxonomie und Synonymie (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenberg. biol. 54: 405-428.
Wunderlich, J. & W. Schultz. 1995. Ozyptila westringi (Thorell 1873), eine in Deutschland seltene Krabbenspinnenart (Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae). Beitr. Araneol. 4: 329-333.
†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. 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. yosemitica Schick, 1965 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution