Ozyptila caenosa
| Ozyptila caenosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Ozyptila |
| Species: | O. caenosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Ozyptila caenosa Jézéquel, 1966[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Ozyptila caenosa is a spider in the family Thomisidae.[2] It is found in several African countries and Yemen.[3]
Distribution
Ozyptila caenosa is found in Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, and Yemen.[2]
In South Africa, it has been recorded from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North West, Northern Cape, and Western Cape provinces.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Ozyptila caenosa are free-living ground dwelling spiders usually sampled with pitfall traps.[3]
They have been sampled from Fynbos, Forest, Savanna, and Thicket biomes at altitudes ranging from 15 to 1556 m. The species has also been sampled from maize fields.[3]
Description
Conservation
Ozyptila caenosa is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range. The species is protected in six reserves and faces no significant threats.[3]
Taxonomy
Ozyptila caenosa was described by Jézéquel in 1966 from the Ivory Coast.[1] It is a replacement name for Ozyptila lutulenta Jézéquel, 1964, which was preoccupied.[2]
The species has not been revised and is known from both sexes.[3]
References
- ^ a b Jézéquel, J.-F. (1965). "Araignées de la savane de Singrobo (Côte d'Ivoire). V. – Note complémentaire sur les Thomisidae". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 2. 37 (4): 613–630.
- ^ a b c "Ozyptila caenosa Jézéquel, 1966". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 2 My-R. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 24. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513276. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.