Oxyopes is a genus of lynx spiders found worldwide. It includes arounds 300 species and is classified under the lynx spider family Oxyopidae.
Like other lynx spiders, they are easily recognizable by the six larger eyes arranged hexagonally on top of the head (prosoma), with the remaining smaller two eyes in front. They are also characterized by long spine-like bristles (setae) on their legs. They are ambush predators, actively hunting prey by sight. Though they produce and use silk, they do not build webs to capture prey.
The genus was first established in 1804 by the French zoologist Pierre André Latreille. The generic name means "keen-eyed", from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, "sharp") and ὤψ (ṓps, "eye").
Species , this genus includes 279 species and five subspecies.
Species with an article on Wikipedia:
Oxyopes acleistus Chamberlin, 1929 – United States, Mexico Oxyopes affinis Lessert, 1915 – DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa Oxyopes aglossus Chamberlin, 1929 – United States Oxyopes apollo Brady, 1964 – United States, Mexico Oxyopes bedoti Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, South Africa Oxyopes bonneti Lessert, 1933 – Angola, South Africa Oxyopes bothai Lessert, 1915 – Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa Oxyopes castaneus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia, South Africa Oxyopes ceylonicus Karsch, 1892 – Sri Lanka Oxyopes chapini Lessert, 1927 – DR Congo, Namibia, South Africa Oxyopes cornifrons (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau Oxyopes cornutus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico Oxyopes daksina Sherriffs, 1955 – Sri Lanka, China Oxyopes dumonti (Vinson, 1863) – Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius Oxyopes elegans L. Koch, 1878 – Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory?, Queensland?, Victoria?) Oxyopes falconeri Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa Oxyopes flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858) – Ethiopia, Somalia, Cameroon, DR Congo, Guinea, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini Oxyopes galla Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa Oxyopes gracilipes (White, 1849) – Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), New Zealand Oxyopes heterophthalmus (Latreille, 1804) – Europe, North Africa to Middle East, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, China (type species) Oxyopes hindostanicus Pocock, 1901 – Pakistan, Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Oxyopes hoggi Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa Oxyopes jacksoni Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa Oxyopes javanus Thorell, 1887 – India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia (Java), Philippines, China Oxyopes lepidus (Blackwall, 1864) – India Oxyopes lineatus Latreille, 1806 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Middle East, Central Asia, Nepal Oxyopes longispinosus Lawrence, 1938 – Tanzania, Botswana, South Africa Oxyopes macilentus L. Koch, 1878 – Pakistan, China, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia Oxyopes occidens Brady, 1964 – United States, Mexico Oxyopes pallidecoloratus Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, Congo, Southern Africa, Madagascar Oxyopes personatus Simon, 1897 – South Africa Oxyopes rufisternis Pocock, 1901 – Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka Oxyopes russoi Caporiacco, 1940 – Somalia, South Africa, Eswatini Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845 – USA to Argentina and Chile. Introduced to St. Helena Oxyopes scalaris Hentz, 1845 – North America Oxyopes schenkeli Lessert, 1927 – DR Congo, Uganda, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa Oxyopes sertatus L. Koch, 1878 – India, Nepal, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan Oxyopes shweta Tikader, 1970 – Pakistan, India, China Oxyopes singularis Lessert, 1927 – DR Congo, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa Oxyopes sjostedti Lessert, 1915 – Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa Oxyopes subabebae Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia, South Africa Oxyopes takobius Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969 – Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China Oxyopes tridens Brady, 1964 – United States, Mexico Oxyopes tuberculatus Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, South Africa, Eswatini Oxyopes uncinatus Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, South Africa Oxyopes vanderysti Lessert, 1946 – DR Congo, South Africa Oxyopes vogelsangeri Lessert, 1946 – DR Congo, South Africa
Oxyopes acleistus Chamberlin, 1929 – United States, Mexico Oxyopes aculeatus Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 – East Africa Oxyopes affinis Lessert, 1915 – DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa Oxyopes aglossus Chamberlin, 1929 – United States Oxyopes albertianus Strand, 1913 – DR Congo, Uganda Oxyopes algerianus (Walckenaer, 1841) – Morocco, Algeria Oxyopes allectus Simon, 1909 – Gabon, Guinea-Bissau Oxyopes altifrons Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Brazil Oxyopes amoenus L. Koch, 1878 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia?, Northern Territory?) Oxyopes angulitarsis Lessert, 1915 – Uganda, South Africa Oxyopes annularis Yin, Zhang & Bao, 2003 – China Oxyopes annulipes Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra) Oxyopes apollo Brady, 1964 – United States, Mexico Oxyopes arcuatus Yin, Zhang & Bao, 2003 – China Oxyopes argentosus Simon, 1909 – Guinea-Bissau Oxyopes argyrotrichius Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil Oxyopes armatipalpis Strand, 1912 – India Oxyopes artemis Brady, 1970 – United States Oxyopes arushae Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania Oxyopes ashae Gajbe, 1999 – India Oxyopes aspirasi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Oxyopes assamensis Tikader, 1969 – India Oxyopes asterion Simon, 1909 – Guinea-Bissau Oxyopes attenuatus L. Koch, 1878 – Australia (Queensland) Oxyopes auratus Thorell, 1890 – Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra) Oxyopes aureolus Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon Oxyopes auriculatus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia Oxyopes azhari Butt & Beg, 2001 – Pakistan Oxyopes baccatus Simon, 1897 – Ethiopia Oxyopes badhyzicus Mikhailov & Fet, 1986 – Georgia, Israel, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Oxyopes balteiformis Yin, Zhang & Bao, 2003 – China Oxyopes bantaengi Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) Oxyopes bedoti Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, South Africa Oxyopes berlandorum Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania Oxyopes bharatae Gajbe, 1999 – Pakistan, India Oxyopes bicorneus Zhang & Zhu, 2005 – China Oxyopes bidentata Mukhtar, 2017 – Pakistan Oxyopes bifidus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico to Panama Oxyopes bifissus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico to Costa Rica Oxyopes biharensis Gajbe, 1999 – India Oxyopes birabeni Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina Oxyopes birmanicus Thorell, 1887 – India, China to Indonesia (Sumatra) Oxyopes bolivianus Tullgren, 1905 – Bolivia Oxyopes bonneti Lessert, 1933 – Angola, South Africa Oxyopes boriensis Bodkhe & Vankhede, 2012 – India Oxyopes bothai Lessert, 1915 – Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa Oxyopes bouvieri Berland, 1922 – Ethiopia Oxyopes brachiatus Simon, 1909 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Congo Oxyopes brevis Thorell, 1881 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) Oxyopes caboverdensis Schmidt & Krause, 1994 – Cape Verde Oxyopes calcaratus Schenkel, 1944 – Timor Oxyopes campestratus Simon, 1909 – Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), São Tomé and Príncipe Oxyopes campii Mushtaq & Qadar, 1999 – Pakistan Oxyopes camponis Strand, 1915 – Cameroon Oxyopes candidoi Garcia-Neto, 1995 – Brazil Oxyopes caporiaccoi Roewer, 1951 – Ethiopia Oxyopes carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil Oxyopes castaneus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia, South Africa Oxyopes ceylonicus Karsch, 1892 – Sri Lanka Oxyopes chapini Lessert, 1927 – DR Congo, Namibia, South Africa Oxyopes chenabensis Mukhtar, 2017 – Pakistan Oxyopes chiapas Brady, 1975 – Mexico Oxyopes chittrae Tikader, 1965 – India Oxyopes coccineoventris Lessert, 1946 – Congo Oxyopes cochinchinensis (Walckenaer, 1837) – Vietnam Oxyopes complicatus Tang & Li, 2012 – China Oxyopes concolor Simon, 1877 – Philippines Oxyopes concoloratus Roewer, 1951 – Ethiopia Oxyopes constrictus Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil, Guyana Oxyopes cornifrons (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau O. c. avakubensis Lessert, 1927 – Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, DR Congo, South Africa Oxyopes cornutus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico Oxyopes cougar Brady, 1970 – United States Oxyopes crassus Schmidt & Krause, 1995 – Cape Verde Oxyopes crewi Bryant, 1948 – Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, St. Kitts and Nevis Oxyopes daksina Sherriffs, 1955 – Sri Lanka, China Oxyopes delesserti Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia, East Africa Oxyopes delmonteensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Oxyopes dinendrai Sen & Sureshan, 2021 – India Oxyopes dingo Strand, 1913 – Central Australia Oxyopes dubourgi Simon, 1904 – Sudan, Congo Oxyopes dumonti (Vinson, 1863) – Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius Oxyopes elegans L. Koch, 1878 – Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory?, Queensland?, Victoria?) Oxyopes elifaz Levy, 2007 – Israel, Jordan Oxyopes elongatus Biswas, Kundu, Kundu, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 1996 – India Oxyopes extensipes (Butler, 1876) – Mauritius (Rodriguez) Oxyopes fabae Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2015 – India Oxyopes falcatus Zhang, Yang & Zhu, 2005 – China Oxyopes falconeri Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa Oxyopes fallax Denis, 1955 – Niger Oxyopes felinus Brady, 1964 – United States, Mexico Oxyopes flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858) – Ethiopia, Somalia, Cameroon, DR Congo, Guinea, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini Oxyopes flavus Banks, 1898 – Mexico to Costa Rica Oxyopes fluminensis Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil Oxyopes forcipiformis Xie & Kim, 1996 – China Oxyopes fujianicus Song & Zhu, 1993 – China, Taiwan Oxyopes galla Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa Oxyopes gaofengensis J. X. Zhang, Y. Q. Zhang & Kim, 2005 – China Oxyopes gemellus Thorell, 1891 – Malaysia Oxyopes globifer Simon, 1876 – Mediterranean to Central Asia, Iraq, Iran Oxyopes godeffroyi Baehr, Harms, Dupérré & Raven, 2017 – Australia (Queensland) Oxyopes gorumaraensis Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2011 – India Oxyopes gossypae Mushtaq & Qadar, 1999 – Pakistan Oxyopes gracilipes (White, 1849) – Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), New Zealand Oxyopes gratus L. Koch, 1878 – Australia (Queensland, ?Victoria, ?Northern Territory,?Western Australia) Oxyopes gujaratensis Gajbe, 1999 – India Oxyopes gyirongensis Hu & Li, 1987 – India, China Oxyopes haryanaensis Goyal & Malik, 2020 – India Oxyopes hasta Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2021 – Taiwan Oxyopes hastifer Simon, 1909 – Guinea-Bissau Oxyopes hemorrhous Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil Oxyopes heterophthalmus (Latreille, 1804) – Europe, North Africa to Middle East, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, China (type species) Oxyopes hilaris Thorell, 1881 – Timor Oxyopes hindostanicus Pocock, 1901 – Pakistan, Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Oxyopes hoggi Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa Oxyopes holmbergi Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil Oxyopes hotingchiehi Schenkel, 1963 – China, India Oxyopes hupingensis Bao & Yin, 2002 – China Oxyopes idoneus Simon, 1909 – Guinea-Bissau Oxyopes imbellis Thorell, 1890 – Malaysia Oxyopes incantatus Santos, 2017 – Ecuador (Galapagos) Oxyopes incertus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Peru, Brazil Oxyopes indiculus Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar Oxyopes indicus (Walckenaer, 1805) – India Oxyopes inversus Mello-Leitão, 1949 – Brazil Oxyopes iranicus Esyunin, Rad & Kamoneh, 2011 – Iran Oxyopes jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 – India Oxyopes jacksoni Lessert, 1915 – Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa Oxyopes javanus Thorell, 1887 – India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia (Java), Philippines, China Oxyopes jianfeng Song, 1991 – China Oxyopes jubilans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Pakistan, India Oxyopes ketani Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 – India Oxyopes keyserlingi Thorell, 1881 – New Guinea Oxyopes kobrooricus Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) Oxyopes kochi Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar Oxyopes kohaensis Bodkhe & Vankhede, 2012 – India