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Species Olios giganteus

Classification · Identification · Range · Print References
Giant Crab Spider - Olios giganteus - female spider - Olios giganteus Giant Crab Spider - Olios giganteus giant crab spider - Olios giganteus Baby Tarantula? - Olios giganteus large spider tearing apart crane flies - Olios giganteus voucher specimen - Olios giganteus - female Wolf spider ? - Olios giganteus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders)
Genus Olios
Species giganteus (Olios giganteus)
Identification
dark chelicerae, prominent heart mark
Range
CA, AZ, NM, TX, UT, NV
Print References
U.S. species of Olios (Sparassidae) by Cristina Rheims, Journal of Arachnology 38: 530-537
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 6 May, 2011 - 9:06am
Last updated 18 September, 2013 - 8:45am

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