Oxyopes vanderysti

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Vanderyst's Lynx Spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Oxyopes
Species:
O. vanderysti
Binomial name
Oxyopes vanderysti
Lessert, 1946[1]

Oxyopes vanderysti is a species of spider in the family Oxyopidae.[2] It is commonly known as Vanderyst's lynx spider.[3] It was first described in 1946 by Roger de Lessert.[4]

Oxyopes vanderysti occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, the species has been recorded from two provinces at altitudes ranging from 1,202 to 1,303 metres above sea level.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species has been found on grasses in both Grassland and Savanna biomes.[3]

Description

Conservation

References

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