| Olios lamarcki | |
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| Olios lamarcki (Maharashtra, India) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Olios |
| Species: | O. lamarcki |
| Binomial name | |
| Olios lamarcki (Latreille, 1806) | |
| Subspecies | |
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