Nearctic States & Provinces: BC CA CO IL MO MT NE SC UT WA WI WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/20112
Oxyopes scalaris Hentz, 1845
western lynx spider
FAMILY: OXYOPIDAE Thorell, 1870
Genus: Oxyopes Latreille, 1804
Species: Oxyopes scalaris Hentz, 1845
Common Names
Family Common Name:
lynx spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
western lynx spider
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
BC CA CO IL MO MT NE SC UT WA WI WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & 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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Bartlett, Troy
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Oxyopes scalaris Hentz 1845 |
| Oxyopes scalaris Emerton 1885 |
| Oxyopes cinerea Banks 1893 |
| Oxyopes rufipes Banks 1893 |
| Oxyopes compacta Banks 1896 |
| Oxyopes compactus Banks 1901 |
| Oxyopes laminatus Tullgren 1901 |
| Oxyopes pictipes Banks 1901 |
| Oxyopes scalaris Comstock 1912 |
| Oxyopes classicus Chamberlin 1925 |
| Oxyopes tanneri Chamberlin 1928 |
| Oxyopes scalaris Chamberlin 1929 |
| Oxyopes scalaris Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Oxyopes scalaris Kaston 1948 |
| Oxyopes scalaris Brady 1964 |
| Oxyopes scalaris Dondale & Redner 1990 |
| Oxyopes scalaris Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/OXYOPIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Oxyopes Latreille, 1804‡‡
O. acleistus Chamberlin, 1929 ...............USA, Mexico
O. aglossus Chamberlin, 1929 ...............USA
O. apollo Brady, 1964 ...............USA, Mexico
O. artemis Brady, 1969 ...............USA
O. cougar Brady, 1969 ...............USA
O. felinus Brady, 1964 ...............USA, Mexico
O. heterophthalmus (Latreille, 1804) ...............Palearctic
O. lineatus Latreille, 1806 ...............Palearctic
O. lynx Brady, 1964 ...............USA
O. occidens Brady, 1964 ...............USA, Mexico
O. panther Brady, 1975 ...............USA, Mexico
O. pardus Brady, 1964 ...............USA
O. ramosus (Martini & Goeze, 1778) ...............Palearctic
O. salticus Hentz, 1845 ...............USA to Brazil
O. tridens Brady, 1964 ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution