''Ozyptila atomaria'' is a species of

crab spider The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of th ...

with

palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

distribution. It is very common on moist meadows of central Europe. Females reach up to 6 mm, males grow up to 4 mm, making it the biggest ''Ozyptila'' species. Both sexes are similar, generally yellowish brown, with two black lines running along the sides of the

cephalothorax The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...

. Adults can be found at all times.

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atomaria ''Atomaria'' is a genus of silken fungus beetles in the family Cryptophagidae Cryptophagidae is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. Members of this family are commonly called silken fungus beetles and b ...

Spiders of Europe Spiders described in 1801 Palearctic spiders