Indoxysticus


Indoxysticus is a genus of Asian crab spiders that was first described by S. P. Benjamin & Z. Jaleel in 2010.[2] As of September 2020 it contains three species, all found in Asia: I. lumbricus, I. minutus, and I. tangi.[1] 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.[3]

Indoxysticus
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I. minutus
Scientific classification e
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Benjamin & Jaleel, 2010[1]
Type species
I. minutus
(Tikader, 1960)
Species

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They live in vegetation as opposed to related genus Xysticus, which lives on the ground.[2]

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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. 2.0 2.1 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. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  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. Retrieved 2015-07-31.

Further readingEdit

  • Sen, S.; et al. (2015). "Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of Reserve Forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary". World Scientific News. 20: 1–339.
  • Yin, C. M.; et al. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha. p. 1590.


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