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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Ozyptila  Simon, 1864   54 species

Ozyptila gertschi Kurata, 1944

Description

Prosoma yellow-brown, distance between posterior median eyes < 2 diameters. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma yellow-brown, dorsally with dark brown transverse bands.

Body length male: 3.0-3.5 mm
Body length female: 3.7-4.0 mm
Additional information

In humid areas

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): North America, Europe, Russia (Far East)
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Distribution List
Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Estonia   (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece   (Buchholz, 2007) ||| Latvia   (Cera, 2018; Cera, 2009) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin et al., 1999) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš & Svatoň, 2007) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601 pdf

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Buchholz S (2007) A first contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Nestos Delta (NE Greece). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 59: 241-252 pdf

Cera I (2009) Four spider (Araneae) species new to the fauna of Latvia. Latvijas Entomologs 47: 93-94 pdf

Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 pdf

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E, Mazura N S (1999) Remarks on the Ural spider fauna, 10. New records of spider species (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 7: 319-327 pdf

Gajdoš P, Svatoň J (2007) Supplementary records to catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Entomofauna Carpathica 19: 21-26 pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001] pdf

Kupryjanowicz J (1995c) Oxyptila gertschi Kurata, 1944 in Poland - does O. simplex (O P-Cambridge, 1862) occur in Poland (Araneae: Thomisidae)? Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Science, Biological Sciences 42: 351-356 pdf

Marusik Y M, Ryabukhin A S, Kuzminykh G V (2010b) New data on spiders and harvestmen (Arachnida: Aranei & Opiliones) from western Koryakia, Kamchatka Peninsula. Arthropoda Selecta 19: 283-293 pdf

Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. pdf

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html pdf

Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1973b) Zur Spinnenfauna Deutschlands, XV. Weitere seltene und bisher unbekannte Arten sowie Anmerkungen zur Taxonomie und Synonymie (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 54: 405-428 pdf

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