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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Western Lynx Spider (Oxyopes scalaris)
Species
Oxyopes scalaris
- Western Lynx Spider
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"
Internet References
Info
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