Oxytate ribes
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| Tailed Oxytate Crab Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Oxytate |
| Species: | O. ribes |
| 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]
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
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]
