Oxyopes shweta
(White Lynx Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Oxyopes shweta, commonly known as White Lynx Spider, belongs to the genus Oxyopes, in the family Oxyopidae. Oxyopes shweta spiders have been sighted 5 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Oxyopes shweta includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Oxyopes shweta is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Oxyopes
Species: Oxyopes shweta

Other Common Names

White Lynx Spider

Author

Tikader, 1970

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Sightings Overview

There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Oxyopes shweta (White Lynx Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 23, 2024 by Spider ID member janarthanasharma. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Oxyopes shweta sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Oxyopes shweta spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Oxyopes shweta has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (2). High foliage (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1).