Indoxysticus

Indoxysticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Indoxysticus
Benjamin & Jaleel, 2010
Type species
Xysticus minutus (Tikader, 1960)
Diversity
3 species

Indoxysticus is a small genus of crab spiders, native to Asia. The genus differs from other thomisids by the oval-shaped spermathecae with well-defined chambers in the female, and by the male's broad-based embolus, i.e. the terminal portion of the palpal organ.[1][2] They live in vegetation as opposed to related genus Xysticus, which lives on the ground.[2]

Species

References

  1. Jin, Chi; Zhang, Feng (2012). "Re-examination of the crab spider species Oxytate minuta Tang, Yin et Peng, 2005 (Araneae: Thomisidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa (3588): 64–67. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  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. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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