Ozyptila


Ozyptila is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864. It has been misspelled as "Oxyptila" in multiple accounts.

Distribution

Members of this genus are found in Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia.

Description

Ozyptila spiders have a pear-shaped carapace that is rather high and slightly convex. The carapace is anteriorly obtuse with a vertical clypeus.
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.
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.

Life style

Members of Ozyptila are free-living ground dwellers.

Species

, this genus includes 103 species and two subspecies.
These species have articles on Wikipedia:Ozyptila atomaria – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, JapanOzyptila bejarana Urones, 1998 – Spain, FranceOzyptila caenosa Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, YemenOzyptila confluens – Southern Europe, SyriaOzyptila danubiana Weiss, 1998 – Romania, GreeceOzyptila distans Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Canada, United StatesOzyptila elegans – ItalyOzyptila flava Simon, 1875 – SpainOzyptila furcula L. Koch, 1882 – Spain, FranceOzyptila gertschi Kurata, 1944 – North America, Europe, Russia Ozyptila ladina Thaler & Zingerle, 1998 – ItalyOzyptila monroensis Keyserling, 1884 – Canada, United StatesOzyptila pacifica Banks, 1895 – Alaska, Canada, United StatesOzyptila perplexa Simon, 1875 – Portugal, Spain, France, AlgeriaOzyptila praticola – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia. Introduced to Canada, United States, ArgentinaOzyptila salustri Wunderlich, 2011 – ItalyOzyptila secreta Thaler, 1987 – Switzerland, ItalyOzyptila sincera Kulczyński, 1926 – Russia, China, Korea, JapanOzyptila trux – Europe, Caucasus, Russia, Japan. Introduced to CanadaOzyptila umbraculorum Simon, 1932 – Portugal, Spain, FranceOzyptila westringi – Sweden, Netherlands, GermanyOzyptila aculipalpus Wunderlich, 1995 – Turkey, IranOzyptila americana Banks, 1895 – Canada, United StatesOzyptila amkhasensis Tikader, 1980 – IndiaOzyptila ankarensis Karol, 1966 – TurkeyOzyptila annulipes – AlgeriaOzyptila arctica Kulczyński, 1908 – North America, Northern Europe, Russia Ozyptila aspex Pavesi, 1895 – EthiopiaOzyptila atlantica Denis, 1963 – Canary Islands, SalvagesOzyptila atomaria – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, JapanOzyptila balcanica Deltshev, Blagoev, Komnenov & Lazarov, 2016 – Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, GreeceOzyptila barbara Denis, 1945 – AlgeriaOzyptila beaufortensis Strand, 1916 – Canada, United StatesOzyptila bejarana Urones, 1998 – Spain, FranceOzyptila biprominula Tang & Li, 2010 – ChinaOzyptila brevipes – Europe, Russia, Turkey, ArmeniaOzyptila caenosa Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, YemenOzyptila callitys – TunisiaOzyptila canadensis Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Alaska, Canada, United StatesOzyptila chandosiensis Tikader, 1980 – IndiaOzyptila claveata – Europe, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran Ozyptila clavidorsum Roewer, 1959 – TurkeyOzyptila clavigera – IsraelOzyptila confluens – Southern Europe, SyriaOzyptila conostyla Hippa, Koponen & Oksala, 1986 – Turkey to TurkmenistanOzyptila conspurcata Thorell, 1877 – Canada, United StatesOzyptila creola Gertsch, 1953 – United StatesOzyptila curvata Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Canada, United StatesOzyptila dagestana Ponomarev & Dvadnenko, 2011 – Russia Ozyptila danubiana Weiss, 1998 – Romania, GreeceOzyptila distans Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Canada, United StatesOzyptila elegans – ItalyOzyptila flava Simon, 1875 – SpainOzyptila formosa Bryant, 1930 – United StatesOzyptila fukushimai Ono, 2002 – JapanOzyptila furcula L. Koch, 1882 – Spain, FranceOzyptila fusca – Russia Ozyptila gasanensis Paik, 1985 – KoreaOzyptila georgiana Keyserling, 1880 – Canada, United StatesOzyptila gertschi Kurata, 1944 – North America, Europe, Russia Ozyptila geumoensis Seo & Sohn, 1997 – KoreaOzyptila grisea Roewer, 1955 – Iran, AfghanistanOzyptila hardyi Gertsch, 1953 – United StatesOzyptila imbrex Tang & Li, 2010 – ChinaOzyptila inaequalis – Kazakhstan, ChinaOzyptila inglesi Schick, 1965 – United StatesOzyptila izmirica Danışman, Yağmur, Coşar, Kunt & Karakuş, 2025 – TurkeyOzyptila jabalpurensis Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 – IndiaOzyptila jeholensis Saito, 1936 – ChinaOzyptila judaea Levy, 1975 – Morocco, Egypt, IsraelOzyptila kahramanmarasensis Coşar & Danışman, 2021 – TurkeyOzyptila kaszabi Marusik & Logunov, 2002 – Mongolia, ChinaOzyptila khasi Tikader, 1961 – IndiaOzyptila ladina Thaler & Zingerle, 1998 – ItalyOzyptila laevis Denis, 1954 – MoroccoOzyptila leprieuri Simon, 1875 – Morocco, Algeria, Malta?Ozyptila lugubris – Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, ChinaOzyptila lutosa Ono & Martens, 2005 – IranOzyptila makidica Ono & Martens, 2005 – IranOzyptila manii Tikader, 1961 – IndiaOzyptila maratha Tikader, 1971 – IndiaOzyptila matsumotoi Ono, 1988 – JapanOzyptila metschensis Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, East AfricaOzyptila mikhailovi Ponomarev, 2021 – Russia Ozyptila mingrelica Mcheidze, 1971 – GeorgiaOzyptila monroensis Keyserling, 1884 – Canada, United StatesOzyptila nipponica Ono, 1985 – China, Korea, JapanOzyptila nongae Paik, 1974 – Russia, China, Korea, JapanOzyptila numida – AlgeriaOzyptila omega Levy, 1975 – IsraelOzyptila oraria Dondale & Redner, 1975 – United StatesOzyptila orientalis Kulczyński, 1926 – Russia, Mongolia, China