taxonID	type	description	language	source
EE7387DFFFFDFF99FED6FE8C35E8FE20.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype, ♂ (AZMM), TURKEY: İzmir, Menemen district, Yayla village, (38.6228579 ° N, 27.1424538 ° W asl. 3 August 2024 – 18 January 2025, pitfall traps, leg. E. A. Yağmur and E. Tezcan. Paratypes 4 ♂, 2 ♀ (collected together with holotype – 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (AZMM), TURKEY: İzmir, Bergama district, Cevaplı HISTORY (39.0230436 ° N, 27.1540616 ° W), 229 m asl. 3 August 2024 – 18 January 2025, pitfall traps, leg. E. A. Yağmur E. Tezcan – 1 ♂ (AZMM), İzmir province, Kınık district, Karatekeli village (39.064775 ° N, 27.2980493 ° W asl. 5 October – 15 December 2024, pitfall trap, leg. O. Bozkurt – 4 ♂, 1 ♀ (AZMM), İzmir province, district, Orhanlı village (38.1963971 ° N, 26.9682088 ° W), 273 m asl. 4 August – 20 December 2024, pitfall leg. E. A. Yağmur and E. Tezcan – 2 ♀, 1 ♂ (KUAM), İzmir province, Bornova district, 38.4694695 ° N, W, 18 m asl. 20 February – 5 April 2025, pitfall trap, leg. A. Karakuş – 1 ♂ (KUAM), İzmir province, district (38.4684808 ° N, 27.1995182 ° W), 17 m asl. 29 November 2024, hand collecting, leg. A. Karakuş – (AZMM), Manisa province, Gördes district, Korubaşı village (38.789253 ° N, 28.22222 ° W), 542 m asl. 10 20 December 2024, pitfall trap, leg. E. A. Yağmur and G. Yağmur – 2 ♂ (AZMM), Manisa province district, Sart Neighbourhood (38.485593 ° N, 28.0460292 ° W), 126 m asl. 11 August – 8 December 2024 trap, leg. O. Bozkurt.	en	Danışman, Tarık, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Coşar, İlhan, Kunt, Kadir BoğaÇ (2025): New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae Turkey, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (33 - 36): 2251-2259, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596
EE7387DFFFFDFF99FED6FE8C35E8FE20.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named after the province of İzmir where the species was found.	en	Danışman, Tarık, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Coşar, İlhan, Kunt, Kadir BoğaÇ (2025): New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae Turkey, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (33 - 36): 2251-2259, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596
EE7387DFFFFDFF99FED6FE8C35E8FE20.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The male of the new species is similar to that of O. confluens (C. L. Koch, 1845) in having a tegulum protruding above the bulbus and thorn shaped retroventral apophysis, but differs in having a shaped tegulum (vs. sickle-shaped), two o’clock embolus termination (vs. three o’clock) and length retrolateral tibial apophysis, which about one third of the length of the cymbium (vs. two thirds of the of the cymbium) (Figures 1 and 2, cf. Lazarov et al. 2001, figs 7, 8). The epigyne of O. izmirica sp. n. that of O. confluens (C. L. Koch, 1845) by having an epigyne with hood and without septum, a not spermatheca, but differs by the kidney shaped spermathecae (vs. oval) (Figure 4, cf. Lecigne 2016,	en	Danışman, Tarık, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Coşar, İlhan, Kunt, Kadir BoğaÇ (2025): New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae Turkey, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (33 - 36): 2251-2259, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596
EE7387DFFFFDFF99FED6FE8C35E8FE20.taxon	description	Description of male. (Figures 1 – 3). Total: 3.9; II. Leg; Fe; 1.1, Pa: 0.5, Ti: 0.8, Mt: 0.7, Ta: 0.5; Total: 3.6; III. Leg; Fe; 0.7, Pa: 0.3, Ti: 0.5, Mt: 0.35, Total: 2.1; IV. Leg; Fe; 0.8, Pa: 0.3, Ti: 0.5, Mt: 0.4, Ta: 0.3; Total: 2.3. Prosoma brown, its middle part more yellow brown. Eye tubercles yellow coloured. The first two pairs of walking legs brown, the others colour. Dorsum of abdomen mottled light brown (Figure 3 A – D). Pedipalp with three tibial apophyses: hooked proventral (Pva), cone-shaped spike retroventral (Ra), and long thread-like retrolateral (Rt). Tegulum tongue-shaped, very slightly protruding above the bulbus. Embolus (E) oblongate, originates at about o’clock, gradually narrows, slightly curved retrolaterally, and finishes at about 13: 30 (Figures 1 and 2). Description of female. (Figures 3 – 5). Measurements. Total length 3.8, Prosoma 1.7 long, 1.6 wide; Abdomen 1.9 long, 2.1 wide. Ocular long. Chelicerae 0.6 long, 0.35 wide. Sternum 0.9 long, 0.8 wide. I. Leg; Fe; 1.5, Pa: 0.7, Ti: 1.1, Mt: 0.9, HISTORY yellow-brown (Figure 3 E – H). Epigyne with U-shaped hood (Eh), which about twice as wide as long sclerotised margins. Spermathecae (S) kidney-shaped, oppositely positioned. Fertilisation ducts (Fd) apart (Figures 4 and 5). Habitat. Found in flowery pasture, oak debris and forest habitats (Figure 8 B – D).	en	Danışman, Tarık, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Coşar, İlhan, Kunt, Kadir BoğaÇ (2025): New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae Turkey, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (33 - 36): 2251-2259, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596
EE7387DFFFFDFF99FED6FE8C35E8FE20.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from İzmir and Manisa, Turkey (Figure 9). Ozyptila brevipes (Hahn, 1826) (Figures 6 and 7)	en	Danışman, Tarık, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Coşar, İlhan, Kunt, Kadir BoğaÇ (2025): New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae Turkey, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (33 - 36): 2251-2259, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596
EE7387DFFFFDFF99FED6FE8C35E8FE20.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 (KUAM) ♂, TURKEY: Sinop, Gerze district, (41.8121226 ° N, 35.1869452 ° W), 22 April 2018, hand collecting, leg. T. Danışman and İ. Coşar. HISTORY	en	Danışman, Tarık, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Coşar, İlhan, Kunt, Kadir BoğaÇ (2025): New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae Turkey, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (33 - 36): 2251-2259, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596
EE7387DFFFFDFF99FED6FE8C35E8FE20.taxon	description	Description of male. Total length 3.5, Prosoma 1.8 long, 1.7 wide; Abdomen 1.7 long, 1.9 wide. Ocular 0.7 long. Chelicerae 0.6 long, 0.35 wide. Sternum 1.0 long, 0.8 wide. I. Leg; Fe; 1.3, Pa: 0.5, Ti: 1.0, Mt: 0.6; Total: 4.3; II. Leg; Fe; 1.3, Pa: 0.5, Ti: 1.0, Mt: 0.9, Ta: 0.6; Total: 4.3; III. Leg; Fe; 1.0, Pa: 0.4, Ti: 0.7, Mt: 0.45; Total: 3.05; IV. Leg; Fe; 1.0, Pa: 0.4, Ti: 0.7, Mt: 0.6, Ta: 0.45; Total: 3.05. Prosoma light brown, its part yellow-brown. Eye tubercles grey coloured. Legs pied light brown coloured. Dorsum of mottled black-brown (Figure 6). Pedipalp with three tibial apophyses: saddle-shaped proventral retroventral tapering apically and long retrolateral which transversely to longitudinal axis of palp. apophysis curved, with two pointed branches. Embolus filiform, originates at base of bulbus, lightly retrolaterally at tip, and finishes at about 14: 00 o’clock (Figure 7). Habitat. Found on damp heath.	en	Danışman, Tarık, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Coşar, İlhan, Kunt, Kadir BoğaÇ (2025): New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae Turkey, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (33 - 36): 2251-2259, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596
EE7387DFFFFDFF99FED6FE8C35E8FE20.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Europe, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Armenia. New record for Turkey. The distribution map of Ozyptila izmirica sp. n. and O. brevipes (Hahn, 1826) in Turkey was prepared SimpleMappr: https: // www. simplemappr. net (Shorthouse 2010; Figure 9).	en	Danışman, Tarık, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın, Coşar, İlhan, Kunt, Kadir BoğaÇ (2025): New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae Turkey, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (33 - 36): 2251-2259, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2538596
