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
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
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
Simon E (1932) Les arachnides de France 6 (4). Paris (Roret): 773-978
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 26-01-2016 | Image insert |