Oxyopes Explained

Oxyopes is a genus of lynx spiders found worldwide. It includes arounds 300 species and is classified under the lynx spider family Oxyopidae.^[1] 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.^[2] They are ambush predators, actively hunting prey by sight. Though they produce and use silk, they do not build webs to capture prey.^[3]

The genus was first established in 1804 by the French zoologist Pierre André Latreille. The generic name means "keen-eyed", from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, "sharp") and ὤψ (ṓps, "eye").^[4]

Species

See also: List of Oxyopidae species. Species classified under Oxyopes (including subspecies) and their distribution ranges are the following:^[5]

• 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

• Peucetia

Notes and References

1. Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar. 2013. Description of two new species of the genus Oxyopes (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 45. 6. 1511 - 1516.
2. Web site: OXYOPIDAE Lynx spiders. Robert Whyte & Greg Anderson. Arachne.org.au. 11 September 2015.
3. J. Kovoor & A. Muñoz-Cuevas. 1998. Structure and function of the silk-gland system in Oxyopidae (Araneae). Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology. 133 - 141.
4. Web site: Oxyopidae. Merriam-Webster. 11 September 2015.
5. Web site: Oxyopes Latreille, 1804. World Spider Catalog. World Spider Catalog Version 16.5. 2015. Natural History Museum Bern. 11 September 2015.