Two New Lynx Spider Species of Hamadruas and Oxyopes and the First Record of Hamadruas Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from Wai, Maharashtra, India

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  Two New Lynx Spider Species of Hamadruas and Oxyopes and the First Record of Hamadruas Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from Wai, Maharashtra, India Abstract The present study reports two oxyopid spider species from Wai, Satara District, Maharashtra, India, based on morphological examination of specimens collected from the Kisan Veer Mahavidyalaya campus. The specimens were collected using hand-collection and sweep-net methods, preserved in 70% ethanol, and examined under a stereotrinocular microscope. Diagnostic structures, including the female epigyne and male palp, were studied after dissection, and distribution maps were prepared using QGIS. Hamadruas kvmensis sp. nov. is characterised by distinct dark elongated spermathecal lobes, a rounded central region forming the median fertilisation duct, curved copulatory ducts, and a male palp with an elongated curved cymbium, large bulb, prominent tegulum, slender embolus, conductor, tibial apophysis and sensory setae. Oxyopes wai...

New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Turkey, with description of a new species

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New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Turkey, with description of a new species

ABSTRACT

A new species of the genus Ozyptila Simon, Ozyptila izmirica sp. n. is described based on both sexes from Turkey. In addition, Ozyptila brevipes (Hahn) is reported from Turkey for the first time.

Danışman, T., Yağmur, E. A., Coşar, İ., Kunt, K. B., & Karakuş, A. (2025). New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Turkey, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History, 59(33–36), 2251–2259. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596