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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Ozyptila  Simon, 1864   54 species

Ozyptila secreta Thaler, 1987

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030902

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Description

Ventral tibial apophysis arrow-shaped, transverse. Epigyne with. Epigynal groove almost completely filled by broad protrusion of anterior margin. Prosoma yellow-brownish to blackish brown, with 2 dark longitudinal bands and dark margin. Chelicerae proximally bright. Legs brown, with bright spots on femora and tibiae. Opisthosoma irregularly spotted.

Body length male: 3.4 mm
Body length female: 4.1-4.9 mm
Additional information

in rocky heathland and xerothermic localities

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Switzerland, Italy
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1987b)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1987b)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1987b)

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male Tip of embolus, dorsal view
(Thaler 1987b)

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female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Thaler 1987b)

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female Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler 1987b)

Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) |||
References

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12 pdf

Thaler K (1987b) Drei bemerkenswerte Grossspinnen der Ostalpen (Arachnida, Aranei: Agelenidae, Thomisidae, Salticidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60: 391-401 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
06-11-2025 Distribution update Detail