| Oxyopes gracilipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oxyopidae |
| Genus: | Oxyopes |
| Species: | O. gracilipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyopes gracilipes (White, 1849) | |
Oxyopes gracilipes is a species of lynx spider that is native to New Zealand and Australia.
Oxyopes gracilipes was first described in 1849 as Sphasus gracilipes. [1] The species was described again in 1878 as Oxyopes elegans. [2] In 1885, Arthur Urquhart described the spider again as Sphasus gregarius. [3] In 1892, Urquhart moved S. gregarius to the Oxyopes genus. [4] In 1998, S. gracilipes was moved to the Oxyopes genus and O. gregarius was recognized as a synonym of this species. [5]
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