Oxyopes

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Oxyopes
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
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Oxyopes salticus
File:Oxyopes heterophthalmus.jpg
Oxyopes heterophthalmus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Oxyopes
Latreille, 1804
Type species
Aranea heterophthalma
Latreille, 1804a
Species

See text

Diversity
~300 species

Oxyopes is a genus of lynx spiders found worldwide. It includes arounds 300 species and is classified under the lynx spider family Oxyopidae.[1][2] Like other lynx spiders, they are easily recognizable by the six larger eyes arranged hexagonally on top of the head (prosoma), with the remaining smaller two eyes in front. They are also characterized by long spine-like bristles (setae) on their legs.[3] They are ambush predators, actively hunting prey by sight. Though they produce and use silk, they do not build webs to capture prey.[4] The genus was first established in 1804 by the French zoologist Pierre André Latreille.[1] The generic name means "keen-eyed", from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, "sharp") and ὤψ (ṓps, "eye").[5]

Species

Species classified under Oxyopes (including subspecies) and their distribution ranges are the following:[1]

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Oxyopes aspirasi
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Oxyopes birmanicus
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Oxyopes elegans
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Oxyopes gracilipes
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Oxyopes jacksoni
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Oxyopes javanus
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Oxyopes lineatus
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Oxyopes macilentus
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Oxyopes quadrifasciatus
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Oxyopes sertatus
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Oxyopes shweta
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Oxyopes sunandae
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Oxyopes variabilis

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 World Spider Catalog (2015). "Oxyopes Latreille, 1804". World Spider Catalog Version 16.5. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar (2013). "Description of two new species of the genus Oxyopes (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from Punjab, Pakistan" (PDF). Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 45 (6): 1511–1516.
  3. Robert Whyte & Greg Anderson. "OXYOPIDAE Lynx spiders". Arachne.org.au. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. J. Kovoor & A. Muñoz-Cuevas (1998). "Structure and function of the silk-gland system in Oxyopidae (Araneae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology: 133–141.
  5. "Oxyopidae". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

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