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Genus: Xysticus C. L. Koch, 1835 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Xysticus pseudocristatus Azarkina & Logunov, 2001

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037375

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Described:

Distribution: Russia (West and South Siberia, Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, China

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Paratype: Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester (MMUE/MMUM), Manchester, United Kingdom 2m 2f (G7718.3-5, ex coll. ISEA) - (Logunov, 2025b)
Holotype: Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (ISEA), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia m - (Logunov, 2025b)
Paratype: Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (ISEA), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia 30m 30f - (Logunov, 2025b)
Paratype: Zoological Department, Perm State University (PSU), Perm, Russia 6m 2f - (Logunov, 2025b)
Paratype: Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg (ZISP), Russia 1m 1f - (Logunov, 2025b)
Paratype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia 8m 15f - (Logunov, 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Xysticus cristatus Ono, 1978b: 273, f. 6-7 (m; misidentified per Azarkina & Logunov, 2001: 134)

Xysticus cristatus Hu & Wu, 1989: 345, f. 274.1-4 (mf; misidentified per Azarkina & Logunov, 2001: 134)

Xysticus cristatus Song & Zhu, 1997: 76, f. 46A-C (mf; misidentified per Azarkina & Logunov, 2001: 134)

Xysticus cristatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 501, f. 285L (m; misidentified per Azarkina & Logunov, 2001: 134)

Xysticus pseudocristatus Azarkina & Logunov, 2001: 134, f. 2-15 (Dmf) Original description

Xysticus cristatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 413, f. 273A-C (mf; misidentified sensu Azarkina & Logunov, 2001: 134)

Xysticus pseudocristatus Logunov, Ballarin & Marusik, 2011: 239, f. 19-22 (mf)

Xysticus (?) pseudocristatus Fomichev & Koponen, 2024: 1220, f. 31 (f)

References

Azarkina, G. N. & Logunov, D. V. (2001). Separation and distribution of Xysticus cristatus (Clerck, 1758) and X. audax (Schrank, 1803) in eastern Eurasia, with description of a new species from the mountains of Central Asia (Aranei: Thomisidae). Arthropoda Selecta 9(2, 1999): 133-150. -- Show included taxa

Fomichev, A. A. & Koponen, S. (2024). The first data on subnivean activity of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) in Southwestern Siberia (Russia). Acta Biologica Sibirica 10: 1211-1228. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13956901 -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. L. & Wu, W. G. (1989). Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Shandong University Publishing House Jinan, 435 pp. -- Show included taxa

Logunov, D. V., Ballarin, F. & Marusik, Y. M. (2011). New faunistic records of the jumping and crab spiders of Karakoram, Pakistan (Aranei: Philodromidae, Salticidae and Thomisidae). Arthropoda Selecta 20(3): 233-240. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.20.3.06 -- Show included taxa

Ono, H. (1978b). Thomisidae aus dem Nepal-Himalaya. I. Das Genus Xysticus C. L. Koch 1835 (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59: 267-288. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. & Zhu, M. S. (1997). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae. Science Press, Beijing, 259 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (2001). The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 510 pp. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-10-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Fomichev & Koponen, 2024
2018-07-28	Species distribution update	Mikhailov, 2013b	Old value