Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes javanus): Scientific Classification, Habit and Habitat, Food Habit, Identifying Characters

Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes javanus): Scientific Classification, Habit and Habitat, Food Habit, Identifying Characters

Scientific Classification

Kingdom:        Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Subphylum:   Chelicerata

Class:             Arachnida

Order:             Araneae

Family:           Oxyopidae

Genus:           Oxyopes

Species:         javanus

Habit and Habitat:

• Commonly seen on the upper surface of grasses and shrubby vegetation during daytime.
• At night they rest underneath the leaves.
• They are solitary active hunters.
• They do not build web.

Food Habit: The Striped lynx spider does not build their web instead they hunt and waits for its prey in the pasture. Prey include insects(fruit flies, house flies, planthoppers, mosquito bug, etc.) and other spiders.

Identifying Characters:

1. Size: Female 6-8 mm, Male 5-7 mm.
2. Dorsal surface of the cephalothorax with a pale V- shaped mark.
3. Brownish patches present on the lateral side of cephalothorax.
4. Heart shaped yellowish brown sternum present.
5. A dark brown line extends from the anterior median eye to chelicerae. Chelicerae yellowish brown.
6. Abdomen elongated with dark brown lateral sides and median white patch.
7. Legs long, covered with spines and with black line on ventral sides

References:

• https://asbb.assam.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/asbb_lipl_in_oid_7/portlet/level_2/Common%20Spiders%20from%20select%20PAs%20of%20Upper%20Assam.pdf