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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae) » Oxyopes » Western Lynx Spider (Oxyopes scalaris)

Species Oxyopes scalaris - Western Lynx Spider

Classification · Explanation of Names · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Oxyopidae (Lynx Spiders)
Genus Oxyopes
Species scalaris (Western Lynx Spider)
Explanation of Names
Latin: "of or belonging to a flight of steps or a ladder"
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Contributed by Devin Carroll on 18 April, 2005 - 8:07pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 1:14am

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