Oxyopes scalaris Hentz, 1845
western lynx spider
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FAMILY: OXYOPIDAE Thorell, 1870 Genus: Oxyopes Latreille, 1804 Species: Oxyopes scalaris Hentz, 1845  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
lynx spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
western lynx spider
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
BC CA CO IL MO MT NE SC UT WA WI WY
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Seasonality
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† stalkers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): grassy field in coastal sage scrub; Riparian, Arid; Riparian; Arid, Mixed open Forest; Coastal Mixed Forest; Open Ponderosa Pine Forest;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Male Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Female Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Banks, N. 1901. Some Arachnida from New Mexico. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 53: 568-597.
Banks, N. 1901. Some spiders and other Arachnida from Porto Rico. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 24: 217-227.
Banks, N. 1896. New North American spiders and mites. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 23: 57-77.
Banks, N. 1893. Notes on spiders. Jour. New York ent. Soc. 1: 123-134.
Brady, A. R. 1964. The lynx spiders of North America, north of Mexico (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 131: 429-518.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1929. On three new spiders of the genus Oxyopes (Araneina). Ent. News 40: 17-20.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1928. Notes on spiders from the La Sal Mountains of Utah. Canad. Ent. 60: 93-95.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1925. New North American spiders. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 14: 105-142.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 17. The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Lycosidae, Pisauridae, and Oxyopidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1856: 1-383.
Emerton, J. H. 1885. New England Lycosidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 481-505.
Hentz, N. M. 1845. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 189-202.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Tullgren, A. 1901. On the spiders collected in Florida by Dr Einer Lönnberg 1892-93. Bih. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. 27(4;1): 1-29.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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