Investigation of seta morphology of some Turkish lynx spiders (Araneae, Oxyopidae)

In this thesis, the morphology of the setae on the prosoma, opisthosoma and legs of Oxyopes globifer Simon, 1876, O. heterophthalmus (Latreille, 1804), O. lineatus Latreille, 1806 and O. ramosus (Martini & Goeze, 1778) belonging to the genus Oxyopes of the family Oxyopidae were determined by SEM. It was observed that there is a genus-specific scaly type seta and this seta type showed slight differences in male and female individuals. In addition, considering this study and literature datas, it was concluded that setae can be used as a taxonomic character at the genus level in the family Oxyopidae, but cannot be used as a taxonomic character in the identification of species belonging to the genus Oxyopes. This study is the first study to determine the seta morphology of the species belonging to the family Oxyopidae distributed in Turkey.