Western Variations

Classification · Remarks · See Also

Methinks western green lynx, but the color? - Peucetia viridans

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 Peucetia

Species viridans (Green Lynx Spider)

No Taxon Western Variations

Remarks

Willis J. Gertsch describes differences in Eastern and Western lynxes in American Spiders.

Obvious and minor differences can also be noted when comparing the BugGuide green lynx Eastern/Western variation image pages.

See Also

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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 16 April, 2006 - 10:24am
Last updated 10 September, 2006 - 3:36pm

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