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 (Panzer, 1801) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan Ozyptila bejarana Urones, 1998 – Spain, France Ozyptila caenosa Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, Yemen Ozyptila confluens (C. L. Koch, 1845) – Southern Europe, Syria Ozyptila danubiana Weiss, 1998 – Romania, Greece Ozyptila distans Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Canada, United States Ozyptila elegans (Blackwall, 1870) – Italy Ozyptila flava Simon, 1875 – Spain Ozyptila furcula L. Koch, 1882 – Spain (mainland, Balearic Is.), France Ozyptila gertschi Kurata, 1944 – North America, Europe, Russia (Far East) Ozyptila ladina Thaler & Zingerle, 1998 – Italy Ozyptila monroensis Keyserling, 1884 – Canada, United States Ozyptila pacifica Banks, 1895 – Alaska, Canada, United States Ozyptila perplexa Simon, 1875 – Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria Ozyptila praticola (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia. Introduced to Canada, United States, Argentina Ozyptila salustri Wunderlich, 2011 – Italy Ozyptila secreta Thaler, 1987 – Switzerland, Italy Ozyptila sincera Kulczyński, 1926 – Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Korea, Japan Ozyptila trux (Blackwall, 1846) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan. Introduced to Canada Ozyptila umbraculorum Simon, 1932 – Portugal, Spain, France Ozyptila westringi (Thorell, 1873) – Sweden, Netherlands, Germany
Ozyptila aculipalpus Wunderlich, 1995 – Turkey, Iran Ozyptila americana Banks, 1895 – Canada, United States Ozyptila amkhasensis Tikader, 1980 – India Ozyptila ankarensis Karol, 1966 – Turkey Ozyptila annulipes (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria Ozyptila arctica Kulczyński, 1908 – North America, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East) Ozyptila aspex Pavesi, 1895 – Ethiopia Ozyptila atlantica Denis, 1963 – Canary Islands, Salvages Ozyptila atomaria (Panzer, 1801) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan Ozyptila balcanica Deltshev, Blagoev, Komnenov & Lazarov, 2016 – Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece Ozyptila barbara Denis, 1945 – Algeria Ozyptila beaufortensis Strand, 1916 – Canada, United States Ozyptila bejarana Urones, 1998 – Spain, France Ozyptila biprominula Tang & Li, 2010 – China Ozyptila brevipes (Hahn, 1826) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Turkey, Armenia Ozyptila caenosa Jézéquel, 1966 – Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, Yemen Ozyptila callitys (Thorell, 1875) – Tunisia Ozyptila canadensis Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Alaska, Canada, United States Ozyptila chandosiensis Tikader, 1980 – India Ozyptila claveata (Walckenaer, 1837) – Europe, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran (type species) Ozyptila clavidorsum Roewer, 1959 – Turkey Ozyptila clavigera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel Ozyptila confluens (C. L. Koch, 1845) – Southern Europe, Syria Ozyptila conostyla Hippa, Koponen & Oksala, 1986 – Turkey to Turkmenistan Ozyptila conspurcata Thorell, 1877 – Canada, United States Ozyptila creola Gertsch, 1953 – United States Ozyptila curvata Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Canada, United States Ozyptila dagestana Ponomarev & Dvadnenko, 2011 – Russia (Caucasus) Ozyptila danubiana Weiss, 1998 – Romania, Greece Ozyptila distans Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Canada, United States Ozyptila elegans (Blackwall, 1870) – Italy Ozyptila flava Simon, 1875 – Spain Ozyptila formosa Bryant, 1930 – United States Ozyptila fukushimai Ono, 2002 – Japan Ozyptila furcula L. Koch, 1882 – Spain (mainland, Balearic Is.), France Ozyptila fusca (Grube, 1861) – Russia (eastern Siberia) Ozyptila gasanensis Paik, 1985 – Korea Ozyptila georgiana Keyserling, 1880 – Canada, United States Ozyptila gertschi Kurata, 1944 – North America, Europe, Russia (Far East) Ozyptila geumoensis Seo & Sohn, 1997 – Korea Ozyptila grisea Roewer, 1955 – Iran, Afghanistan Ozyptila hardyi Gertsch, 1953 – United States Ozyptila imbrex Tang & Li, 2010 – China Ozyptila inaequalis (Kulczyński, 1901) – Kazakhstan, China Ozyptila inglesi Schick, 1965 – United States Ozyptila izmirica Danışman, Yağmur, Coşar, Kunt & Karakuş, 2025 – Turkey Ozyptila jabalpurensis Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 – India Ozyptila jeholensis Saito, 1936 – China Ozyptila judaea Levy, 1975 – Morocco, Egypt, Israel Ozyptila kahramanmarasensis Coşar & Danışman, 2021 – Turkey Ozyptila kaszabi Marusik & Logunov, 2002 – Mongolia, China Ozyptila khasi Tikader, 1961 – India Ozyptila ladina Thaler & Zingerle, 1998 – Italy Ozyptila laevis Denis, 1954 – Morocco Ozyptila leprieuri Simon, 1875 – Morocco, Algeria, Malta? Ozyptila lugubris (Kroneberg, 1875) – Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China Ozyptila lutosa Ono & Martens, 2005 – Iran Ozyptila makidica Ono & Martens, 2005 – Iran Ozyptila manii Tikader, 1961 – India Ozyptila maratha Tikader, 1971 – India Ozyptila matsumotoi Ono, 1988 – Japan Ozyptila metschensis Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, East Africa Ozyptila mikhailovi Ponomarev, 2021 – Russia (Europe) Ozyptila mingrelica Mcheidze, 1971 – Georgia Ozyptila monroensis Keyserling, 1884 – Canada, United States Ozyptila nipponica Ono, 1985 – China, Korea, Japan Ozyptila nongae Paik, 1974 – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan Ozyptila numida (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria Ozyptila omega Levy, 1975 – Israel Ozyptila oraria Dondale & Redner, 1975 – United States Ozyptila orientalis Kulczyński, 1926 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East), Mongolia, China O. o. balkarica Ovtsharenko, 1979 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia) O. o. basegica Esyunin, 1992 – Russia (Urals) Ozyptila pacifica Banks, 1895 – Alaska, Canada, United States Ozyptila panganica Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa Ozyptila parvimana Simon, 1886 – Senegal Ozyptila patellibidens Levy, 1999 – Italy (Sicily), Turkey, Israel, Iran Ozyptila pauxilla (Simon, 1870) – Western Mediterranean Ozyptila perplexa Simon, 1875 – Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria Ozyptila praticola (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia. Introduced to Canada, United States, Argentina Ozyptila pullata (Thorell, 1875) – Europe Ozyptila rauda Simon, 1875 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia, Kamchatka), Kazakhstan Ozyptila rigida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia Ozyptila sakhalinensis Ono, Marusik & Logunov, 1990 – Russia (Far East), Japan Ozyptila salustri Wunderlich, 2011 – Italy Ozyptila sanctuaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe Ozyptila scabricula (Westring, 1851) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Korea Ozyptila secreta Thaler, 1987 – Switzerland, Italy Ozyptila sedotmikha Levy, 2007 – Israel Ozyptila shuangqiaoensis Yin, Peng, Gong & Kim, 1999 – China Ozyptila simplex (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1862) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Iran Ozyptila sincera Kulczyński, 1926 – Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Korea, Japan Ozyptila spinosissima Caporiacco, 1935 – India (Karakorum) Ozyptila spirembola Wunderlich, 1995 – Turkey Ozyptila tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Ozyptila theobaldi Simon, 1886 – India Ozyptila tricoloripes Strand, 1913 – Turkey, Caucasus, Israel, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Ozyptila trux (Blackwall, 1846) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan. Introduced to Canada Ozyptila tuberosa (Thorell, 1875) – Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria? Ozyptila umbraculorum Simon, 1932 – Portugal, Spain, France Ozyptila utotchkini Marusik, 1990 – Russia (Far East), Korea Ozyptila varica Simon, 1875 – Algeria Ozyptila westringi (Thorell, 1873) – Sweden, Netherlands, Germany Ozyptila wuchangensis Tang & Song, 1988 – China Ozyptila yosemitica Schick, 1965 – United States
See also List of Thomisidae species
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