World Spider Catalog

Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Modysticus Gertsch, 1953 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03742

type Xysticus modestus Scheffer, 1904; gender masculine

N.B.: described as a subgenus of Ozyptila Simon, 1864, elevated to genus by Marusik, Lehtinen & Kovblyuk, 2005: 153.

In synonymy:

Modysticus marshalli (Barrows, 1919) = Modysticus modestus (Scheffer, 1904) (Gertsch, 1939b: 340, sub Ozyptila)

Modysticus peon (Gertsch, 1953) = Modysticus imitatus (Gertsch, 1953) (Dondale & Redner, 1975a: 141, sub Ozyptila)

Modysticus floridanus (Banks, 1895) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030850

Ozyptila floridana Banks, 1895a: 243 (Df) Original description

Ozyptila floridensis Banks, 1904c: 132

Ozyptila floridana Bryant, 1930b: 380, pl. 18, f. 3-4, pl. 20, f. 18 (Dm, f)

Ozyptila floridana Gertsch, 1939b: 341, f. 106-107, 129 (mf)

Ozyptila floridana Dondale & Redner, 1975a: 142, f. 3, 6, 47-49 (mf, removed from S of Ozyptila infumata [nomen dubium], rejecting Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 161)

Modysticus floridanus Marusik, Lehtinen & Kovblyuk, 2005: 153 (T from Ozyptila)

Modysticus imitatus (Gertsch, 1953) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030860

Ozyptila imitata Gertsch, 1953: 464, f. 77-78 (Dm) Original description

Ozyptila peon Gertsch, 1953: 465, f. 79 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064839]

Ozyptila imitata Dondale & Redner, 1975a: 141, f. 2, 5, 43-44 (mf, S of Ozyptila peon)

Modysticus imitatus Marusik, Lehtinen & Kovblyuk, 2005: 153 (T from Ozyptila)

Modysticus modestus (Scheffer, 1904) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030877 TYPE SPECIES

Xysticus modestus Scheffer, 1904b: 257, pl. 17, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Ozyptila modesta Banks, 1910: 49 (T from Xysticus)

Oxyptila marshalli Barrows, 1919b: 357, pl. 15, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064840]

Ozyptila marshalli Bryant, 1930b: 382, f. 8, 10 (m)

Ozyptila modesta Bryant, 1930b: 383 (S of Ozyptila beaufortensis [revalidated by Gertsch, 1953: 471]; m f. 6 see O. americana, f f. 20 see O. beaufortensis)

Ozyptila modesta Gertsch, 1939b: 340, f. 104-105, 127-128 (mf, S of Ozyptila marshalli)

Oxyptila modesta Gertsch, 1953: 464, f. 82 (mf)

Oxyptila modesta Levi & Field, 1954: 461, f. 82, 90 (mf)

Ozyptila modesta Dondale & Redner, 1975a: 142, f. 7-8, 50-52 (mf)

Modysticus modestus Marusik, Lehtinen & Kovblyuk, 2005: 153 (T from Ozyptila)

Modysticus okefinokensis (Gertsch, 1934) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030883

Ozyptila okefinokensis Gertsch, 1934b: 13 (Df) Original description

Ozyptila okefenokensis Gertsch, 1939b: 342, f. 130, 138 (f)

Ozyptila okefinokensis Dondale & Redner, 1975a: 140, f. 1, 4, 40, 42 (Dm, f)

Modysticus okefinokensis Marusik, Lehtinen & Kovblyuk, 2005: 153 (T from Ozyptila)