Biology:Oxytate ribes
| Tailed Oxytate Crab Spider | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Oxytate |
| Species: | O. ribes
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxytate ribes (Jézéquel, 1964)[1]
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Oxytate ribes is a spider in the family Thomisidae.[2] It is found in the Ivory Coast and South Africa, and is commonly known as the tailed Oxytate crab spider.[3]
Distribution
Oxytate ribes is found in Ivory Coast and South Africa.[2] The species is undersampled and expected to occur in more African countries.[3]
In South Africa, it is known from Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Western Cape provinces.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Oxytate ribes are free-living tree dwellers sampled from Fynbos, Grassland, and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 4 to 1762 m.[3]
Description
The abdomen is long and narrow with the tip slightly extending past the spinnerets. The retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male is robust.[3]
Conservation
Oxytate ribes is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range.[3] The species is protected in eight reserves and a national park. There are no significant threats and no conservation actions are recommended.[3]
Taxonomy
Oxytate ribes was originally described by Jézéquel in 1964 as Dieta ribes from the Ivory Coast.[1] The species has not been revised but is known from both sexes.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jézéquel, J.-F. (1964). "Araignées de la savane de Singrobo (Côte d'Ivoire). III. – Thomisidae". Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (A) 26 (4): 1103-1143.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Oxytate ribes (Jézéquel, 1964)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/41218.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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. 22. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513276.
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External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q3043092 entry
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