Xysticus ovatus Simon, 1876
Description
Prosoma dark brown on sides, mottled with whitish yellow, whitish yellow median band enclosing a wedge-shaped marking of dark brown colour suffused with whitish yellow and pale brown. Prosoma sometimes reddish. Prosoma length: 2.10-2.34 mm. Legs yellowish brown, marbled and streaked with dark brown. Opisthosoma yellowish white, folium brown with dark brown margin.
Body length male: 4.0-4.6 mmBody length female: 7.7-8.3 mm
Additional information
Montane grassland, 2300 m a.s.l.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Jacobs 1985)
Epigyne
(Simon 1932)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R, Jacobs J (1985) Description of the unknown male of Xysticus ovatus Simon from the French Pyrénées (Araneae: Thomisidae). Phegea 13: 121-124 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Simon E (1932) Les arachnides de France 6 (4). Paris (Roret): 773-978
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 12-11-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 26-01-2016 | Image insert |