Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs SpidersAustralian Golden Orb Weaver Australian Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae) Backobourkines Banded Garden Spider Beautiful Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus calligaster) Cytaea sp Desert Huntsman Spider Elegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus) Hackled Orb-weavers Hortophora sp Long-jawed Orb Weavers Long-tailed St. Andrew’s Cross Spider Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae) Miturgidae (Elassoctenus spp) Red-headed Mouse Spider Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) Wall Spider (Oecobius sp)
There are several genera of Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae), coming in a variety of colours. Most of them have spiny bristles on their legs and spend their lives as hunting spiders, often seen waiting on the leaves, stems and flowers of plant, waiting to ambush the prey. They are quick and have good vision.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Oxyopidae
- Genus Oxyopes
- Species:
- Oxyopes amoenus
- Oxyopes attenuatus
- Oxyopes dingo (Central Australia)
- Oxyopes elegans
- Oxyopes godeffroyi
- Oxyopes gracilipes
- Oxyopes gratus
- Oxyopes macilentus
- Oxyopes molarius
- Oxyopes mundulus
- Oxyopes papuanus
- Oxyopes punctatus
- Oxyopes quadrifasciatus
- Oxyopes rubicundus
- Oxyopes variabilis
- Genus: Hamataliwa
- Species:
- Hamataliwa cooki
- Hamataliwa monroei
- Genus: Peucetia
- Species:
- Peucetia albescens
- Peucetia margaritata
- Genus: Pseudohostus
- Species:
- Pseudohostus squamosus
Footnote & References
- Lynx Spiders, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=83843
- Oxyopidae, Lynx Spiders, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:82a3ae44-7f31-459e-90e9-e251c76aa0c5
Alice Springs SpidersAustralian Golden Orb Weaver Australian Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae) Backobourkines Banded Garden Spider Beautiful Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus calligaster) Cytaea sp Desert Huntsman Spider Elegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus) Hackled Orb-weavers Hortophora sp Long-jawed Orb Weavers Long-tailed St. Andrew’s Cross Spider Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae) Miturgidae (Elassoctenus spp) Red-headed Mouse Spider Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) Wall Spider (Oecobius sp)
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