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Genus of spiders
Oxyopes is a
genus of
lynx spiders found worldwide. It includes arounds 300
species and is classified under the lynx spider
family
Oxyopidae .
[1]
[2] Like other lynx spiders, they are easily recognizable by the six larger eyes arranged hexagonally on top of the head (
prosoma ), with the remaining smaller two eyes in front. They are also characterized by long spine-like bristles (
setae ) on their legs.
[3] They are
ambush predators , actively hunting prey by sight. Though they produce and use
silk , they do not build webs to capture prey.
[4]
The genus was first established in 1804 by the French
zoologist
Pierre André Latreille .
[1] The
generic name means "keen-eyed", from
Ancient Greek
ὀξύς (oxús , "sharp") and
ὤψ (ṓps , "eye").
[5]
Species
Species classified under Oxyopes (including
subspecies ) and their
distribution ranges are the following:
[1]
Oxyopes aspirasi
Oxyopes birmanicus
Oxyopes elegans
Oxyopes gracilipes
Oxyopes jacksoni
Oxyopes javanus
Oxyopes lineatus
Oxyopes macilentus
Oxyopes quadrifasciatus
Oxyopes sertatus
Oxyopes shweta
Oxyopes sunandae
Oxyopes variabilis
Oxyopes abebae Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia, East Africa
Oxyopes acleistus Chamberlin, 1929 — USA, Mexico
Oxyopes aculeatus Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 — East Africa
Oxyopes affinis Lessert, 1915 — East Africa
Oxyopes africanus Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes aglossus Chamberlin, 1929 — USA
Oxyopes akakensis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia, East Africa
Oxyopes albertianus Strand, 1913 — Congo, Uganda
Oxyopes algerianus (Walckenaer, 1841) — Morocco, Algeria
Oxyopes allectus Simon, 1910 — Gabon, Guinea-Bissau
Oxyopes altifrons Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Brazil
Oxyopes amoenus L. Koch, 1878 — Queensland
Oxyopes angulitarsus Lessert, 1915 — Uganda
Oxyopes annularis Yin, Zhang & Bao, 2003 — China
Oxyopes annulipes Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
Oxyopes apollo Brady, 1964 — USA, Mexico
Oxyopes arcuatus Yin, Zhang & Bao, 2003 — China
Oxyopes argentosus Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau
Oxyopes argyrotrichius Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Oxyopes armatipalpis Strand, 1912 — India
Oxyopes artemis Brady, 1969 — USA
Oxyopes arushae Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa
Oxyopes ashae Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes aspirasi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Oxyopes assamensis Tikader, 1969 — India
Oxyopes asterion Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau
Oxyopes attenuatus L. Koch, 1878 — Queensland, Central Australia
Oxyopes auratus Thorell, 1890 — Singapore, Sumatra
Oxyopes aureolus Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
Oxyopes auriculatus Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
Oxyopes azhari Butt & Beg, 2001 — Pakistan
Oxyopes baccatus Simon, 1897 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes badhyzicus Mikhailov & Fet, 1986 — Israel, Turkmenistan
Oxyopes balteiformis Yin, Zhang & Bao, 2003 — China
Oxyopes bantaengi Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
Oxyopes bedoti Lessert, 1915 — East Africa
Oxyopes berlandorum Lessert, 1915 — East Africa
Oxyopes bharatae Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes bicorneus Zhang & Zhu, 2005 — China
Oxyopes bifidus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Mexico to Panama
Oxyopes bifissus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Mexico to Costa Rica
Oxyopes biharensis Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes birabeni Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Argentina
Oxyopes birmanicus Thorell, 1887 — India, China to Sumatra
Oxyopes bolivianus Tullgren, 1905 — Bolivia
Oxyopes bonneti Lessert, 1933 — Angola
Oxyopes boriensis Bodkhe & Vankhede, 2012 — India
Oxyopes bothai Lessert, 1915 — Ethiopia, East Africa
Oxyopes bouvieri Berland, 1922 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes brachiatus Simon, 1910 — Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, Congo
Oxyopes brevis Thorell, 1881 — Aru Islands
Oxyopes caboverdensis Schmidt & Krause, 1994 — Cape Verde Islands
Oxyopes calcaratus Schenkel, 1944 — Timor
Oxyopes campestratus Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau, Bioko, São Tomé
Oxyopes campii Mushtaq & Qadar, 1999 — Pakistan
Oxyopes camponis Strand, 1915 — Cameroon
Oxyopes candidoi Garcia-Neto, 1995 — Brazil
Oxyopes caporiaccoi Roewer, 1951 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1947 — Brazil
Oxyopes castaneus Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
Oxyopes ceylonicus Karsch, 1891 — Sri Lanka
Oxyopes chapini Lessert, 1927 — Congo
Oxyopes chiapas Brady, 1975 — Mexico
Oxyopes chittrae Tikader, 1965 — India
Oxyopes coccineoventris Lessert, 1946 — Congo
Oxyopes cochinchinensis (Walckenaer, 1837) — Vietnam
Oxyopes complicatus Tang & Li, 2012 — China
Oxyopes concolor Simon, 1877 — Philippines
Oxyopes concoloratus Roewer, 1951 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes constrictus Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil, Guyana
Oxyopes cornifrons (Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau
Oxyopes cornifrons avakubensis Lessert, 1927 — Congo
Oxyopes cornutus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Mexico
Oxyopes cougar Brady, 1969 — USA
Oxyopes crassus Schmidt & Krause, 1995 — Cape Verde Islands
Oxyopes crewi Bryant, 1948 — Hispaniola
Oxyopes daksina Sherriffs, 1955 — Sri Lanka, China
Oxyopes decorosus Zhang & Zhu, 2005 — China
Oxyopes delesserti Caporiacco, 1947 — Ethiopia, East Africa
Oxyopes delmonteensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Oxyopes dingo Strand, 1913 — Central Australia
Oxyopes dubourgi Simon, 1904 — Sudan, Congo
Oxyopes dumonti (Vinson, 1863) — East Africa, Madagascar to Seychelles
Oxyopes elegans L. Koch, 1878 — Queensland, New South Wales
Oxyopes elifaz Levy, 2007 — Israel, Jordan
Oxyopes elongatus Biswas et al., 1996 — India
Oxyopes embriki Roewer, 1951 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes embriki dorsivittatus Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes embriki nigriventris Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes erlangeri Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes exsiccatus Strand, 1907 — Java
Oxyopes extensipes (Butler, 1876) — Rodriguez
Oxyopes falcatus Zhang, Yang & Zhu, 2005 — China
Oxyopes falconeri Lessert, 1915 — East Africa
Oxyopes fallax Denis, 1955 — Niger
Oxyopes felinus Brady, 1964 — USA, Mexico
Oxyopes flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858) — West Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia
Oxyopes flavus Banks, 1898 — Mexico to Costa Rica
Oxyopes fluminensis Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Oxyopes forcipiformis Xie & Kim, 1996 — China
Oxyopes fujianicus Song & Zhu, 1993 — China
Oxyopes galla Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes gaofengensis Zhang, Zhang & Kim, 2005 — China
Oxyopes gemellus Thorell, 1891 — Nicobar Islands, Malaysia
Oxyopes globifer Simon, 1876 — Mediterranean to Central Asia
Oxyopes gossypae Mushtaq & Qadar, 1999 — Pakistan
Oxyopes gracilipes (White, 1849) — Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
Oxyopes gratus L. Koch, 1878 — Queensland, Central Australia
Oxyopes gujaratensis Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes gurjanti Sadana & Gupta, 1995 — India
Oxyopes gyirongensis Hu & Li, 1987 — China
Oxyopes hastifer Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau
Oxyopes hemorrhous Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Oxyopes heterophthalmus (Latreille, 1804) — Palearctic
Oxyopes hilaris Thorell, 1881 — Timor
Oxyopes hindostanicus Pocock, 1901 — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Oxyopes hoggi Lessert, 1915 — East Africa, Angola
Oxyopes holmbergi Soares &
Camargo , 1948 — Brazil
Oxyopes hostides Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes hotingchiehi Schenkel, 1963 — China
Oxyopes hupingensis Bao & Yin, 2002 — China
Oxyopes idoneus Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau
Oxyopes imbellis Thorell, 1890 — Malaysia
Oxyopes incertus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Peru, Brazil
Oxyopes inconspicuus Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes indiculus Thorell, 1897 — Myanmar
Oxyopes indicus (Walckenaer, 1805) — India
Oxyopes infidelis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes inversus Mello-Leitão, 1949 — Brazil
Oxyopes iranicus Esyunin, Rad & Kamoneh, 2011 — Iran
Oxyopes jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes jacksoni Lessert, 1915 — East Africa
Oxyopes javanus Thorell, 1887 — India, China to Java, Philippines
Oxyopes javanus nicobaricus Strand, 1907 — Nicobar Islands
Oxyopes jianfeng Song, 1991 — China
Oxyopes jubilans O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Karakorum, Pakistan, China
Oxyopes juvencus Strand, 1907 — Sri Lanka
Oxyopes kamalae Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes ketani Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes keyserlingi Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
Oxyopes kobrooricus Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
Oxyopes kochi Thorell, 1897 — Myanmar
Oxyopes kohaensis Bodkhe & Vankhede, 2012 — India
Oxyopes koreanus Paik, 1969 — Korea, Japan
Oxyopes kovacsi Caporiacco, 1947 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes kraepelinorum Bösenberg, 1895 — Canary Islands
Oxyopes kumarae Biswas & Roy, 2005 — India
Oxyopes kusumae Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes lagarus Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
Oxyopes lautus L. Koch, 1878 — Queensland, Central Australia
Oxyopes lenzi Strand, 1907 — South Africa
Oxyopes lepidus (Blackwall, 1864) — India
Oxyopes licenti Schenkel, 1953 — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
Oxyopes lineatifemur Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes lineatipes (C. L. Koch, 1847) — China to Philippines, Sumatra, Java
Oxyopes lineatus Latreille, 1806 — Palearctic
Oxyopes lineatus occidentalis Kulczynski, 1907 — Italy
Oxyopes longespina Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes longetibiatus Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes longinquus Thorell, 1891 — Myanmar, Nicobar Islands
Oxyopes longipalpis Lessert, 1946 — Congo
Oxyopes longispinosus Lawrence, 1938 — South Africa
Oxyopes longispinus Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2003 — India
Oxyopes ludhianaensis Sadana & Goel, 1995 — India
Oxyopes luteoaculeatus Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes lynx Brady, 1964 — USA
Oxyopes machuensis Mukhtar, 2013 — Pakistan
Oxyopes macilentus L. Koch, 1878 — China to Australia
Oxyopes macroscelides Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil, Paraguay
Oxyopes maripae Caporiacco, 1954 — French Guiana
Oxyopes masculinus Caporiacco, 1954 — French Guiana
Oxyopes mathias Strand, 1913 — Uganda
Oxyopes matiensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Oxyopes mediterraneus Levy, 1999 — Mediterranean
Oxyopes megalops Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa
Oxyopes m-fasciatus Piza, 1938 — Brazil
Oxyopes minutus Biswas et al., 1996 — India
Oxyopes mirabilis Zhang, Yang & Zhu, 2005 — China
Oxyopes modestus Simon, 1876 — Congo
Oxyopes molarius L. Koch, 1878 — Queensland
Oxyopes naliniae Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes nanulineatus Levy, 1999 — Israel
Oxyopes nenilini Esyunin & Tuneva, 2009 — Uzbekistanm China
Oxyopes nigripalpis Kulczynski, 1891 — Mediterranean
Oxyopes nigrolineatus Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Argentina
Oxyopes nilgiricus Sherriffs, 1955 — Sri Lanka
Oxyopes ningxiaensis Tang & Song, 1990 — China
Oxyopes niveosigillatus Mello-Leitão, 1945 — Argentina
Oxyopes notivittatus Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes obscurifrons Simon, 1910 — São Tomé
Oxyopes occidens Brady, 1964 — USA, Mexico
Oxyopes ocelot Brady, 1975 — Mexico
Oxyopes oranicola Strand, 1906 — Algeria
Oxyopes ornatus (Blackwall, 1868) — Tropical Africa
Oxyopes oryzae Mushtaq & Qadar, 1999 — Pakistan
Oxyopes ovatus Biswas et al., 1996 — India
Oxyopes pallidecoloratus Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia, Congo, East Africa, Madagascar
Oxyopes pallidecoloratus nigricans Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa
Oxyopes pallidus (C. L. Koch, 1838) — West Indies
Oxyopes palliventer Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
Oxyopes pandae Tikader, 1969 — India
Oxyopes pankaji Gajbe & Gajbe, 2000 — India
Oxyopes panther Brady, 1975 — USA, Mexico
Oxyopes papuanus Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Queensland
Oxyopes pardus Brady, 1964 — USA
Oxyopes patalongensis Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
Oxyopes pawani Gajbe, 1992 — India
Oxyopes pennatus Schenkel, 1936 — China
Oxyopes personatus Simon, 1896 — South Africa
Oxyopes pigmentatus Simon, 1890 — Israel, Yemen
Oxyopes pingasus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Oxyopes positivus Roewer, 1961 — Senegal
Oxyopes praedictus O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Yarkand
Oxyopes providens Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
Oxyopes pugilator Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Oxyopes pulchellus (Lucas, 1858) — Congo
Oxyopes punctatus L. Koch, 1878 — Queensland
Oxyopes purpurissatus Simon, 1910 — Congo
Oxyopes quadridentatus Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
Oxyopes quadrifasciatus L. Koch, 1878 — Queensland
Oxyopes rajai Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2003 — India
Oxyopes ramosus (Martini & Goeze, 1778) — Palearctic
Oxyopes ratnae Tikader, 1970 — India
Oxyopes raviensis Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
Oxyopes reddyi Majumder, 2004 — India
Oxyopes reimoseri Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa
Oxyopes rejectus O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Yarkand
Oxyopes reticulatus Biswas et al., 1996 — India
Oxyopes rouxi Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
Oxyopes royi Roewer, 1961 — Senegal
Oxyopes rubicundus L. Koch, 1878 — New South Wales
Oxyopes rubriventer Caporiacco, 1941 — East Africa
Oxyopes rubriventer paecilus Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes rubrosignatus Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
Oxyopes rufisternis Pocock, 1901 — Sri Lanka
Oxyopes rufovittatus Simon, 1886 — Senegal
Oxyopes rukminiae Gajbe, 1999 — India
Oxyopes russoi Caporiacco, 1940 — Somalia
Oxyopes russulus Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
Oxyopes rutilius Simon, 1890 — Yemen, Socotra
Oxyopes ruwenzoricus Strand, 1913 — Uganda
Oxyopes ryvesi Pocock, 1901 — India, Pakistan
Oxyopes saganus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Japan
Oxyopes sakuntalae Tikader, 1970 — India
Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845 — USA to Brazil
Oxyopes saradae Biswas & Roy, 2005 — India
Oxyopes sataricus Kulkarni & Deshpande, 2012 — India
Oxyopes scalaris Hentz, 1845 — North America
Oxyopes schenkeli Lessert, 1927 — Congo
Oxyopes sectus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Oxyopes septumatus Mukhtar, 2013 — Pakistan
Oxyopes sertatoides Xie & Kim, 1996 — China
Oxyopes sertatus L. Koch, 1878 — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
Oxyopes setipes Thorell, 1890 — Borneo
Oxyopes sexmaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Peru, Brazil
Oxyopes shakilae Mukhtar, 2013 — Pakistan
Oxyopes shweta Tikader, 1970 — India, China
Oxyopes sinaiticus Levy, 1999 — Egypt
Oxyopes singularis Lessert, 1927 — Congo
Oxyopes sitae Tikader, 1970 — India, Andaman Islands
Oxyopes sjostedti Lessert, 1915 — Ethiopia, East Africa
Oxyopes sobrinus O. P.-Cambridge, 1872 — Libya, Israel
Oxyopes squamosus Simon, 1886 — Senegal
Oxyopes stephanurus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Oxyopes sternimaculatus Strand, 1907 — South Africa
Oxyopes strandi Caporiacco, 1939 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes striagatus Song, 1991 — China
Oxyopes striatus (Doleschall, 1857) — Myanmar to New Guinea
Oxyopes subabebae Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes subimali Biswas et al., 1996 — India
Oxyopes subjavanus Strand, 1907 — Java
Oxyopes submirabilis Tang & Li, 2012 — China
Oxyopes summus Brady, 1975 — Costa Rica, Panama
Oxyopes sunandae Tikader, 1970 — India
Oxyopes sushilae Tikader, 1965 — India, China
Oxyopes taeniatulus Roewer, 1955 — Brazil
Oxyopes taeniatus Thorell, 1877 — Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi
Oxyopes taiwanensis Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2021 — Taiwan
Oxyopes takobius Andreeva & Tyschchenko, 1969 — Central Asia to China
Oxyopes tapponiformis Strand, 1911 — Moluccas, New Guinea
Oxyopes tenellus Song, 1991 — China
Oxyopes tibialis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Guatemala, El Salvador
Oxyopes tiengianensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Vietnam
Oxyopes tikaderi Biswas & Majumder, 1995 — India
Oxyopes timorensis Schenkel, 1944 — Timor
Oxyopes timorianus (Walckenaer, 1837) — Timor
Oxyopes toschii Caporiacco, 1949 — Kenya
Oxyopes travancoricola Strand, 1912 — India
Oxyopes tridens Brady, 1964 — USA, Mexico
Oxyopes tuberculatus Lessert, 1915 — East Africa
Oxyopes tuberculatus mombensis Lessert, 1915 — East Africa
Oxyopes ubensis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
Oxyopes uncinatus Lessert, 1915 — East Africa
Oxyopes vanderysti Lessert, 1946 — Congo
Oxyopes variabilis L. Koch, 1878 — Queensland, Central Australia
Oxyopes versicolor Thorell, 1887 — Myanmar
Oxyopes vogelsangeri Lessert, 1946 — Congo
Oxyopes wokamanus Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
Oxyopes wroughtoni Pocock, 1901 — India, Pakistan
Oxyopes xinjiangensis Hu & Wu, 1989 — China
Oxyopes zavattarii Caporiacco, 1939 — Ethiopia
See also
References
External links
Media related to
Oxyopes at Wikimedia Commons