| Leruthi's 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. leruthi |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxytate leruthi (Lessert, 1943) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oxytate leruthi is a spider in the family Thomisidae. [2] It is found in several African countries and is commonly known as Leruthi's Oxytate crab spider. [3]
Oxytate leruthi is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and South Africa. [2]
In South Africa, it is presently known from Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West, and Western Cape provinces. [3]
Oxytate leruthi are free-living tree dwellers that have been sampled from Grassland, Savanna, and Fynbos biomes at altitudes ranging from 85 to 1558 m. [3]
The abdomen is long and narrow but does not extend past the spinnerets. The retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male is slender. [3]
Oxytate leruthi is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range. [3] The species is recorded in the Swartberg Nature Reserve. Due to its wide range, no conservation actions are recommended and there are no significant threats. [3]
Oxytate leruthi was originally described by Lessert in 1943 as Dieta leruthi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] The species have been sampled from several countries in West, Central, and South Africa. [3] It has not been revised but is known from both sexes and is illustrated. [3]
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