Indoxysticus

Indoxysticus
I. minutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Indoxysticus
Benjamin & Jaleel, 2010
Type species
I. minutus
(Tikader, 1960)
Species

Indoxysticus is a genus of Asian crab spiders that was first described by S. P. Benjamin & Z. Jaleel in 2010. As of September 2020 it contains three species, all found in Asia: I. lumbricus, I. minutus, and I. tangi. The genus differs from others in its family by the oval-shaped spermathecae with well-defined chambers in females and by the broad-based embolus in males.

They live in vegetation as opposed to related genus Xysticus, which lives on the ground.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Indoxysticus Benjamin & Jaleel, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  2. 1 2 Benjamin, Suresh P.; Jaleel, Ziyard (2010). "The genera Haplotmarus Simon, 1909 and Indoxysticus gen. nov.: two enigmatic genera of crab spiders from the Oriental region (Araneae: Thomisidae)" (PDF). Revue suisse de Zoologie. 117 (1): 159–167. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117597. Retrieved 2015-07-31.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ Jin, C.; Zhang, F. (2012). "Re-examination of the crab spider species Oxytate minuta Tang, Yin et Peng, 2005 (Araneae: Thomisidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3588: 64–67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3588.1.3. Retrieved 2015-07-31.

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