Species Oxyopes salticus - Striped Lynx

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Print References · Internet References

Spider With Translucent Legs and Gelatinous Face - Oxyopes salticus

Here's looking at you - Oxyopes salticus

Striped Lynx - Oxyopes salticus - female

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 salticus (Striped Lynx )

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845.

O. astutus Hentz 1845, O. gracilis Keyserling 1877. (Brady, 1964)

Size

BL - Adult females: ~6mm

Adult males: ~5mm

Range

Throughout the United States.

Habitat

Grasses and leafy vegetation; grassy, weedy fields (Brady, 1964).

Print References

The Lynx Spiders Of North America, North Of Mexico (Araneae: Oxyopidae)

By Allen R. Brady

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Vol. 131, No. 13 Cambridge, Mass. September 30, 1964

Internet References

Food Imprinting

Gut Analysis

Prey

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 25 April, 2006 - 8:11pm
Additional contributions by kschnei
Last updated 14 September, 2008 - 3:19pm

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