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on low plants and bushes. This genus is widely distributed in Europe and
America and was recently recorded from India.
The genus Oxyptila has the cephalothorax, abdomen and legs clothed
with some clavate or spatulate hairs; clypeus with a row of clavate hairs.
Eyes black, median ocular trapezium longer than broad; posterior medians
closer to one another than to laterals. Legs stout and short; tibiae I and II
armed ventrally with two pairs of spines. A single species Oxyptila
maratha described from Poona.
In the genus Philodromus, the cephalothorax is broader than long and
relatively narrower in front than in genera Xysticus and Oxyptila Eyes
smaller and more uniform in size than in genera Xysticus and Oxyptila, in
a smaller crescent shaped group with the anterior row much the shortest;
posterior slightly recurved, the medians further from each other than from
the laterals. Abdomen usually oval, not appreciably widened or truncated
behind. Legs relatively long, II pair of legs slightly longer than I pair; III
and IV pairs a little shorter than I and II pairs. Six species described from
Maharashtra.
The genus Ebo is easily recognized by the great length of the second
pair of legs and the almost straight posterior row of eyes. A single species,
Ebo bharatae occurs in the State.
Spiders of the genus Misumena are distinguished by carapace armed
with a few short fine spines. The eyes of the anterior row are equidistant
and in a more or less recurved line. The median ocular area is a little
narrower in front than behind. Lateral eyes situated in slightly elevated
confluent tubercles. Legs I and II much longer than III and IV. Four
species have been described from the State.
The members of the genus Tmarus are easily distinguished from other
crab-spiders by having the abdomen high and pointed behind. The lateral
eyes of each side are on two distinct tubercles, of which the posterior is
larger. A single species Tmarus kotigeharus is known from Maharashtra.
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