Oxyopes takobius explained

Oxyopes takobius is a species of spiders in the genus Oxyopes of the lynx spider family, Oxyopidae. The species was first described in 1969, and is found from Central Asia to China.^[1] Its venom contains a peptide toxin called oxyopinin (oxyopinin 4a), which was discovered in 2002.^[2]

This species has been misidentified in pharmacological research as "Oxyopes kitabensis."^{[3] [4]}

External links

• Information at Encyclopedia of Life
• Information at Animal Diversity Web

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oxyopes takobius. World Spider Catalog. 27 July 2017.
2. Dubovskii PV, Vassilevski AA, Samsonova OV, Egorova NS, Kozlov SA, Feofanov AV, Arseniev AS, Grishin EV . 2011 . Novel lynx spider toxin shares common molecular architecture with defense peptides from frog skin . FEBS J . 278 . 22 . 4382–4393 . 21933345 . 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08361.x. 42299460 . free .
3. Venom Composition and Strategies in Spiders: Is Everything Possible?, Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig, Reto Stocklin, and Wolfgang Nentwig, Table 2, page 9, collected in Book: Casas. Jerome. Advances in Insect Physiology: Spider Physiology and Behaviour. 29 November 2011. Academic Press. 27 July 2017. 9780123876683.
4. Vassilevski AA, Sachkova MY, Ignatova AA, Kozlov SA, Feofanov AV, Grishin EV . 2013. Spider toxins comprising disulfide-rich and linear amphipathic domains: a new class of molecules identified in the lynx spider Oxyopes takobius. The FEBS Journal. 280. 23. 6247 - 6261. 10.1111/febs.12547. 24118933. free.