| 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] | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
Oxytate ribes are free-living tree dwellers sampled from Fynbos, Grassland, and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 4 to 1762 m. [3]
The abdomen is long and narrow with the tip slightly extending past the spinnerets. The retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male is robust. [3]
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]
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]
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