Species Olios giganteus

Classification · Identification · Range · Print References

Crab spider or maybe Huntsman Spider - Olios giganteus - male

SE Arizona Giant Crab Spider - Olios giganteus

Pima County, AZ, Spider - Olios giganteus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes )

Family Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders)

Genus Olios

Species giganteus (Olios giganteus)

Identification

dark chelicerae, prominent heart mark

Range

CA, AZ, NM, UT, NV

Print References

U.S. species of Olios (Sparassidae) by Cristina Rheims, Journal of Arachnology 38: 530-537

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 6 May, 2011 - 9:06am

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